Harold DeJan

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Harold DeJan

as, 1909-2002
Singer / Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Harold Andrew Dejan

Harold "Duke" Dejan (February 4, 1909 – July 5, 2002) was a New Orleans jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader. Dejan is best remembered as leader of the Olympia Brass Band, including during the 1960s and 1970s when it was considered the top band in the city.In his later years Dejan often appeared at Preservation Hall. Dejan suffered a stroke in 1991, which left him unable to play the saxophone, but continued as a band leader and singer until shortly before his death.

Instruments

Alto sax
Vocals
Saxophone

Genres

Jazz
Brass
R&B/Soul
World

Plays With

Dejan's Olympia Brass Band

The Onward Brass Band

Preservation Hall Hot 4

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Preservation Hall Hot 4 With Duke Dejan	Preservation Hall Hot 4 With Harold DeJan	2004	Album

External Links

Home Page

Wikipedia

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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