DESDUNES, DAN

DESDUNES, DAN. Bandleader (c1870s-80s in New Orleans, Louisiana; 24 April 1929 in Omaha, Nebraska). He began his career playing alto horn in the band of P.T. Wright's Nashville Students company. By 1898 he had become leader of the company's orchestra. He toured with Skinner Harris in a vaudeville act in 1899. When bandmaster P.G. Lowery left the Nashville Students in 1899 to organize his own band, Desdunes went with him. About 1911 Desdunes formed his own band,...