Imperial Orchestra

The Imperial Orchestra was a New Orleans dance band active from around 1900^[1] or 1901^[2] to around 1912.

Led by Manuel Perez, who had joined the Onward Brass Band in 1900 (and would go on to lead it from 1903 until it disbanded in 1930),^[2] the Imperial Orchestra was admired by early jazz musicians for its polished performances, with the group playing from written arrangements.^[1]

Members of the ensemble, some of whom also performed with the [Onward Brass Band, at various times included clarinetists Sydney Bechet,^[3] Lorenzo Tio,^[3] George Baquet,^[1] Big Eye Nelson^[1] and Alphonse Picou,^[3] violinists Armand Piron^[3] and James A. Palao, trombonist George Filhe, double bass player Billy Marrero, baritone horn player Adolphe Alexander, Sr., and drummer Jean Vigne.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Schafer, William J. "Imperial Orchestra". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b Koenig, Karl. "Perez, Manuel". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hardie, Daniel (2000). The Loudest Trumpet: Buddy Bolden and the Early History of Jazz. ToExcel. pp. 120—1. ISBN 978-1-58348-607-8.

[schafer-1] Schafer, William J. "Imperial Orchestra". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[koenig-2] Koenig, Karl. "Perez, Manuel". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[hardie-3] Hardie, Daniel (2000). The Loudest Trumpet: Buddy Bolden and the Early History of Jazz. ToExcel. pp. 120—1. ISBN 978-1-58348-607-8.

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