Don Albert

Not to be confused with Don Albert & Partners.

Albert Dominique, better known as Don Albert (August 5, 1908, New Orleans – January 1980, San Antonio, Texas) was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.^[1]

Don Albert
Background information
Birth name	Albert Dominique
Born	(1908-08-05)August 5, 1908 New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Died	January 1980 San Antonio, Texas
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, bandleader
Instrument	Trumpet

Albert's uncle was Natty Dominique.^[2] He got his start playing in parade brass bands in New Orleans at the beginning of the 1920s.^[2] He toured with the territory band of Alphonse Trent in 1925,^[1] then played with Troy Floyd at the Shadowland Ballroom in San Antonio from 1926 to 1929.^[2]

Albert led his own territory bands out of Texas in the 1930s and 1940s, with sidemen that included Alvin Alcorn, Louis Cottrell, Jr., and Herb Hall.^[1] After 1932 he acted more in a manager's capacity than as a performer.^[2] His bands played in Mexico and Canada, and won positive reviews from newspapers, but recorded only eight sides.^[2] He disbanded this group around 1937 due to economic conditions, and found work in civil service and managing a nightclub called the Keyhole Club in San Antonio in the early and mid-1940s; his club was shut down in 1948 by local authorities.^[2] In 1950, he opened a second location at 1619 West Poplar.^[3] He led a group at the Palace Theater in New York in 1949.^[2]

In the 1950s he continued performing part-time, playing in small groups into the 1970s.^[1][2] He recorded again in the 1960s and appeared at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in 1969.^[2]