Alvin Alcorn

Alvin Elmore Alcorn (September 7, 1912 – July 10, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter.^[1][2]

Alvin Alcorn
Birth name	Alvin Elmore Alcorn
Born	(1912-09-07)September 7, 1912 New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	July 10, 2003(2003-07-10) (aged 90) New Orleans
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Trumpet
Years active	1932–1990
Formerly of	Kid Ory, Olympia Brass Band

Career

Alcorn learned music theory from his brother.^[3] In the early 1930s, he was a member of the Sunny South Syncopators led by Armand J. Piron.^[3] He worked in Texas as a member of Don Albert's swing band, but he spent most his career in New Orleans in the dixieland bands of Paul Barbarin, Sidney Desvigne, Oscar Celestin, and Octave Crosby.^[3]

During the 1950s, he went to Los Angeles to join the band of Kid Ory, then a couple years later returned to New Orleans.^[3] He went on tour in Europe with Chris Barber in the late 1970s and continued to perform into the 1980s.^[3]