KEPPARD, FREDDIE

KEPPARD, FREDDIE. Jazz cornetist (15 February 1889 in New Orleans, Louisiana; 15 July 1933 in Chicago, Illinois). He came from a musical family; his brother Louis became a professional musician. He played mandolin, violin, and accordion before he changed to the cornet, which he studied with Adolphe Alexander. His first professional experience was in 1901 with Johnny Brown. In 1906 he formed the Olympia Orchestra , which included among its personnel at one time or another George Baquet...