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Olympia Brass Band
Olympia Brass Band
musical group
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Chester Zardis
Chester Zardis
American jazz double-bassist
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician
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Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
American musical group; New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band
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George "Sheik" Colar
George "Sheik" Colar
New Orleans jazz musician
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George Lewis
George Lewis
American musician
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Rob McConnell
Rob McConnell
Canadian jazz musician
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Wallace Davenport
Wallace Davenport
American musician
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Leroy Jones
Leroy Jones
American musician
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Charles Davis
Charles Davis
American musician
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Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
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Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin
American musician
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Hamiet Bluiett
Hamiet Bluiett
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Joseph Petit
Joseph Petit
American musician
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Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
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Russell Procope
Russell Procope
American musician
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Lars Edegran
Lars Edegran
Swedish musician
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Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Brass Band
American brass band
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Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
American trumpeter
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Blanche Thomas
Blanche Thomas
American musician
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Lawrence Marrero
Lawrence Marrero
American jazz banjoist
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Dick Vance
Dick Vance
American musician
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Placide Adams
Placide Adams
American jazz musician
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Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader
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Clark Gayton
Clark Gayton
American musician
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Big Al Carson
Big Al Carson
American singer
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George Porter
George Porter
American musician
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Norris Turney
Norris Turney
American musician
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Fred Lonzo
Fred Lonzo
American musician
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Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
American alto saxophonist
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Bob Wilber
Bob Wilber
jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States
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Youngblood Brass Band
Youngblood Brass Band
band
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Ernest Joseph Cagnolatti
Ernest Joseph Cagnolatti
American jazz musician
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Julian Priester
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
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Sonny Rollins
Sonny Rollins
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Bill Sinegal
Bill Sinegal
American musician and songwriter
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Money Johnson
Money Johnson
American musician
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Bud Scott
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
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Branford Marsalis
Branford Marsalis
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1960)
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Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz
American jazz musician
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Alvin Tyler
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
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Harry Carney
Harry Carney
American jazz musician
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Trombone Shorty
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
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Alphonse Picou
Alphonse Picou
African American jazz clarinetist
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Hot 8 Brass Band
Hot 8 Brass Band
New Orleans brass band formed in 1995
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Tony Garnier
Tony Garnier
American musician
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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Louis Barbarin
Louis Barbarin
American jazz drummer
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George Coleman
George Coleman
American musician
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To Be Continued Brass Band
To Be Continued Brass Band
American brass band from Louisiana
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Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste
American cross-genre musician
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Nat Towles
Nat Towles
jazz musician
Harold Dejan
American musician

Harold Dejan

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American musician
Genres
Music
Member of, past and present
American Federation of Musicians. Local 496 (New Orleans, La.)

American Federation of Musicians. Local 496 (New Orleans, La.)

Harold Andrew "Duke" Dejan (February 4, 1909 – July 5, 2002) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in New Orleans. Dejan is best remembered as leader of the Olympia Brass Band, including during the 1960s and 1970s when it was considered the top band in the city.

Born into a Creole family in New Orleans, he took clarinet lessons as a child before switching to saxophone, and became a professional musician in his teens, joining the Olympia Serenaders and then the Holy Ghost Brass Band. He played regularly in Storyville, at Mahogany Hall, and on Mississippi riverboats. He also worked in the mail office of the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company for 23 years, and, in World War II, played in Navy bands.

He returned to his day job and his parallel musical career after the war, leading his own band, Dejan's Olympia Brass Band, from 1951. The band often appeared at Preservation Hall, recorded nine albums, and also toured internationally, making 30 concert tours of Europe and one of Africa. It featured in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die, and in many TV commercials.

Dejan suffered a stroke in 1991, which left him unable to play the saxophone, but continued as a band leader and singer until shortly before his death.