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Oliver Alcorn

Oliver E. Alcorn (clarinet, alto and tenor saxophone) (born New Orleans, La., 3 august 1910 - died, Chicago, Ill., March 18, 1981) Brother of Alvin, somehow related to George McCullum in whose band he started. Then at the Alley Cabaret with leader Maurice Durand (trumpet), Walter Decou (piano), Wellington Dolton (banjo), and George Henderson (drums). Replaced Polo Barnes in and recorded with Celestin's Original Tuxedo Orchestra (New Orleans, autumn 1927). Rejoined Celestin in the early 1930s, later with Sidney Desvigne on the steamer Capitol, and Floyd Campbell. After World War II in Chicago, where he recorded with Little Brother Montgomery (1947) and St Louis Jimmy (1948). (from "Deep South Piano" by Karl Gert zur Heide)