Peter Bocage
Peter Edwin Bocage (31 July 1887 – 3 December 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter and violinist.
Also recorded as Peter Edwin Bocage · Pete Bocage · Peter Edwin Bocage.
Peter Bocage
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- Name
- Peter Bocage
- Birth Name
- Peter Edwin Bocage
- Born
- 31 July 1887
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
- Died
- 3 December 1967
- Place of death
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- jazz
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• Name — Peter Bocage • Birth Name — Peter Edwin Bocage • Born — 31 July 1887 • Birthplace — New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. • Died — 3 December 1967 • Place of death — New Orleans • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Trumpet, violin • Past Member Of — Onward Brass Band, Excelsior Brass Band
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Peter Bocage lived from 31 July 1887 to 3 December 1967 and was a musician. The birth of Peter Bocage is recorded on 31 July 1887, and the death on 3 December 1967. The birthplace of Peter Bocage is recorded as New Orleans, La. by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as La Nouvelle-Orléans, Le. by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The place of death of Peter Bocage is recorded as New Orleans, La. by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and as New York, N.Y. by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Career
Career
At 21, he played violin as the leader of a ragtime band, the Superior Orchestra, which included Bunk Johnson. He played trumpet in the Tuxedo Orchestra, the Onward Brass Band, and as the leader of the Excelsior Brass Band. He played with King Oliver's band, the Fate Marable Orchestra, and A. J. Piron. He performed with Sidney Bechet and at the Cotton Club in New York City. He made records with Piron's New Orleans Orchestra in 1923, and later with his band the Creole Serenaders. He also taught Louis Armstrong how to read music notes. Both jazz musicians met during 'jam sessions' and created a friendship through music. In later years he performed at Preservation Hall in New Orleans.
Standing, left to right: Buddy Johnson, trombone; Willie "Bunk" Johnson, cornet; "Big Eye" Louis Nelson Delisle, clarinet; Billy Marrero, string bass. Seated, left to right: Walter Brundy, drums; Peter Bocage, violin leader; Richard Payne, guitar.
1910 photo, this copy scanned via "New Orleans Jazz - A Family Album" by Al Rose Edmond Souchon, Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1967.
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