The Young Tuxedo Brass Band is a brass band from New Orleans that was active after World War II .
6-839: The Young Tuxedo Brass Band was founded in 1938 by John Casimir . Its name is a nod to the Tuxedo Brass Band of Papa Celestin , an ensemble in New Orleans in the 1910s and 1920s. The ensemble generally held between nine and eleven players, with two trumpets, two trombones, two reeds, a sousaphone or tuba, a snare drum, and a bass drum. Their first record was issued in 1958 on Atlantic Records , and featured Paul Barbarin on drums; other personnel included Andy Anderson and John Brunious on trumpet, Clement Tervalon, Eddie Pierson, and Jim Robinson on trombone, reedists Herman Sherman and Andrew Morgan , Wilbert "Bird" Tillman, sousaphone, and drummer Emile Knox. In 1963 Wilbert Tilman,
12-867: The Festival featured a program on Louisiana. They appeared at the White House on Father's Day, 1978 for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Newport Jazz Festival . The band recorded with former Beatle Paul McCartney in New Orleans in 1975. In 1983, they recorded Jazz Continues on 504 Records of England which was a sequel to the Atlantic recording Jazz Begins . This featured Herman Sherman, alto sax, Joseph Torregano, tenor sax, Michael White, clarinet, John Simmons ,trumpet, Joshua "Jack" Willis, cornet and mellophone; Gregory Stafford, cornet, Lawrence Trotter, snare drum, Charles Barbarin (nephew of
18-496: The great Paul Barbarin) bass drum; Walter Payton, sousaphone, Lester Caliste and Clement Tervalon, trombones. Herman Sherman and Clement Tervalon were both on the original 1958 recording. The band has been under the leadership of Gregg Stafford since Sherman's death in 1984 and is one of the last traditional New Orleans Brass Band playing the hymns, dirges, and songs of the brass repertoire. John Casimir (clarinetist) John Casimir (October 16, 1898 – January 3, 1963)
24-560: The group's founding sousaphonist and Casimir's cousin, took control of the group, but retired later that year due to poor health; Andrew Morgan took over until his death in 1972. Following this Herman Sherman became the group's leader until his death in 1984. During Sherman's tenure, they appeared at the 1976 Smithsonian Folklife Festival to celebrate the bicentennial of the United States in Washington, D.C., and again in 1985 when
30-569: The title Jazz Begins by Atlantic Records . It was the only recording the band released under Casimir's leadership. He also led a dance band using some of the same musicians under the name the Young Tuxedo Jazz Band, which also recorded. He played Bb clarinet with the jazz band and the distinctive higher Eb clarinet with brass bands. This article about a United States jazz musician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an American clarinetist
36-563: Was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader , best remembered as the leader of The Young Tuxedo Brass Band for some 20 years up to his death. Casimir started playing professionally with the Young Eagles Band with Lee Collins in 1919. He was also a member of the Original Tuxedo Brass Band , often following the lead of Louis Armstrong . The Young Tuxedo Brass Band's 1958 album was released under
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