Camelia Brass Band

Camelia Brass Band

The Camelia Brass Band (also the Camelia Dance Orchestra) was a brass band from New Orleans, founded by Wooden Joe Nicholas around 1917 or 1918.

The Camelia Brass Band was named after a steamboat, the "S.S. Camelia". The group generally featured about ten members, with trumpet, trombone, clarinet, tuba, snare drum, and bass drum. In some of its engagements it played in reduced numbers as a dance band, with six members on trumpet, drombone, clarinet, banjo, bass, and drums. The ensemble featured Buddy Petit, Joseph Petit, Alphonse Picou, Billy Marrero, and Lawrence Marrero as members.

In the 1920s, D'Jalma Ganier took leadership of the group, and thereafter made appearances both under its own name and under Ganier's name.

References

*Schafer/Kernfeld, "Camelia Brass Band". "Grove Jazz" online.

Further reading

*R.H. Knowles, "Fallen Heroes:A History of New Orleans Brass Bands", 1996, p. 120.


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