The Imperial Orchestra was a New Orleans dance band active from around 1900 [1] or 1901 [2] to around 1912.
Led by Manuel Perez, who had joined the Onward Brass Band in 1900 (and would go on to lead it from 1903 until it disbanded in 1930), [2] the Imperial Orchestra was admired by early jazz musicians for its polished performances, with the group playing from written arrangements. [1]
Members of the ensemble, some of whom also performed with the [Onward Brass Band, at various times included clarinetists Sydney Bechet, [3] Lorenzo Tio, [3] George Baquet, [1] Big Eye Nelson [1] and Alphonse Picou, [3] violinists Armand Piron [3] and James A. Palao, trombonist George Filhe, double bass player Billy Marrero, baritone horn player Adolphe Alexander, Sr., and drummer Jean Vigne. [1]
- ^ a b c d e Schafer, William J. "Imperial Orchestra". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ a b Koenig, Karl. "Perez, Manuel". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d Hardie, Daniel (2000). The Loudest Trumpet: Buddy Bolden and the Early History of Jazz. ToExcel. pp. 120—1. ISBN 978-1-58348-607-8.
The Imperial Orchestra was a New Orleans dance band active from around 1900 [1] or 1901 [2] to around 1912.
Led by Manuel Perez, who had joined the Onward Brass Band in 1900 (and would go on to lead it from 1903 until it disbanded in 1930), [2] the Imperial Orchestra was admired by early jazz musicians for its polished performances, with the group playing from written arrangements. [1]
Members of the ensemble, some of whom also performed with the [Onward Brass Band, at various times included clarinetists Sydney Bechet, [3] Lorenzo Tio, [3] George Baquet, [1] Big Eye Nelson [1] and Alphonse Picou, [3] violinists Armand Piron [3] and James A. Palao, trombonist George Filhe, double bass player Billy Marrero, baritone horn player Adolphe Alexander, Sr., and drummer Jean Vigne. [1]
- ^ a b c d e Schafer, William J. "Imperial Orchestra". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ a b Koenig, Karl. "Perez, Manuel". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d Hardie, Daniel (2000). The Loudest Trumpet: Buddy Bolden and the Early History of Jazz. ToExcel. pp. 120—1. ISBN 978-1-58348-607-8.