New Orleans History -- Lake Pontchartrain
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1981 Oliver Alcorn Dies

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Traditional jazz clarinetist and saxophonist Oliver Alcorn was the brother of
trumpeter Alvin Alcorn and performed with Clarence Desdunes and George McCullum,
Jr. early in his career and  was a member of Papa Celestin's Original
Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra  He moved to Chicago and played with Natty Dominique
and Lonnie Johnson until his death.
Source: href="http://www.neworleansradio.com/dailyhistory.asp">http://www.neworleansradio.com/dailyhistory.asp
& href="http://www.redhotjazz.com/Tuxedo.html">http://www.redhotjazz.com/Tuxedo.html