Johnny Bayersdorffer (4 September 1899 – 14 November 1969) was a

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

cornetist The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B, though there is also a sopra ...

and

bandleader A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop band or jazz quartet. The term is most commonly used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or ...

. Bayersdorffer was a popular bandleader at the Spanish Fort resort on

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. He is best remembered to later generations for his 1920s recordings for

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. Bayersdorffer also played with Happy Schilling and

Tony Parenti Tony Parenti (August 6, 1900 – April 17, 1972) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. After starting his musical career in New Orleans, he had a successful career in music in New York Cit ...

's bands.

References

*''New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album'' by Al Rose and Edmond Souchon {{DEFAULTSORT:Bayersdorffer, Johnny 1899 births 1969 deaths Jazz musicians from New Orleans American jazz cornetists 20th-century American musicians