Here’s OffBeat’s video tribute to the people and events that shaped New Orleans and Louisiana music history through the years on February 4.
1909: Birth of sax player and Olympia Brass Band leader Harold “Duke” Dejan in New Orleans
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLYbkgKscg4[/youtube]
1961: Clarinetist Alphonse Picou passes away in New Orleans at age 82.
