PICOU, ALPHONSE FLORISTON. Jazz clarinetist ( in New Orleans, Louisiana; in New Orleans). He began playing guitar at the age of fourteen and clarinet at fifteen. His first professional experience was in 1892 with Bouboul Valentin. Thereafter he played with various groups in New Orleans, including the Lyre Club Symphony,
Oscar DuConge
(1899),
Freddie Keppard's
Olympia Orchestra (1906),
Charles (Buddy
) Bolden
, and the Excelsior Brass Band,...