- Alcide Nunez
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Name = Alcide Nunez
Img_capt = Portrait of Alcide Nunez, 1918
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Alcide Patrick Nunez
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Born = birth date|1884|3|17
St.Bernard Parish,Louisiana
Died = death date and age|1934|9|2|1884|3|17
Origin =New Orleans ,Louisiana
Instrument =Clarinet
Genre =Jazz
Occupation =Clarinetist
Years_active = 1902 - 1934
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Notable_instruments =Alcide Patrick Nunez (
March 17 ,1884 –September 2 ,1934 ) was an earlyUnited States jazz clarinetist . Also known as Yellow Nunez and Al Nunez, he was born inSt. Bernard Parish, Louisiana of an Isleño family and moved toNew Orleans in his childhood.He initially played
guitar , then switched toclarinet about 1902. He soon became one of the top hot clarinetists in the city. He was a regular inPapa Jack Laine 's band, in addition to playing withTom Brown (trombonist) and sometimes leading bands of his own.In early 1916 he went north to
Chicago with "Stein's Dixie Jass Band", which was to become famous as theOriginal Dixieland Jass Band , but Nunez left the band shortly before they made their first recordings.After some time playing with Tom Brown's band in Chicago, he went to
New York City with Bert Kelly's band. At the start of 1919 he helped form the band theLouisiana Five led by drummerAnton Lada . They quickly became one of the most popular bands in New York at the time and recorded for severalrecord label s.In 1922 he returned to Chicago to lead the house band at "Kelly's Stables", one of the city's top nightclubs. After Bert Kelly replaced him with
Johnny Dodds , Nunez returned with his family to New Orleans, where he played with various bands in addition to his day job with the police department until his death.Robert Nunez is the great grandson of Alcide "Yellow" Nunez and is also the principal tubist with the Louisiana Philharmonic of New Orleans.External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/infrogmation/ANunez.html Alcide "Yellow" Nunez] extensive multi-page biography. Warning: site has pop-up ads if viewed with javascript enabled browser
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