PIRON, ARMAND JOHN

PIRON, ARMAND JOHN. Jazz bandleader (16 August 1888 in New Orleans, Louisiana; 17 February 1943 in New Orleans). He began violin study as a child with his father, an orchestra leader, or with his brother Albert (according to his ASCAP biography). Later he studied with Charles Eldger and attended the local St. Agnes school. He began playing professionally about 1904. By 1908 he was leading his own group, and later played wih the Peerless Orchestra about 1912. When Freddie KeppardFreddie Keppard...