Chosen Few Brass Band in front of the Merry-Go-Round Social and Aid Club building, 8815 Hickory Street
Jules Cahnca. 1975
The Historic New Orleans Collection
New Orleans, United States
View of a group of band members posed for the photographer outside of a building located at 8815 Hickory Street. A wooden sign with the words Home of Merry Go Round Social Aid Club Organized 1914 can be seen above the double doors where the street number 8815 is also seen. The band shown is the Chosen Few Brass Band formed by Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen in the mid 1970s. Identified from left to right are: Andrew "Big Daddy" Green holding snare drum, George Johnson holding trumpet, Syril Vanzandt [?} with trumpet, Darryl Adams with saxophone, Tuba Fats with tuba, Lionel Batiste behind his bass drum, Edward Johnson with trombone, Ramsey Lewis, and an unidentified member of the the social aid club.
- Title: Chosen Few Brass Band in front of the Merry-Go-Round Social and Aid Club building, 8815 Hickory Street
- Creator: Jules Cahn
- Creator Lifespan: 1916-1995
- Date Created: ca. 1975
- Location Created: New Orleans, LA
- Physical Dimensions: 11" x 14"
- Type: gelatin silver prints; later prints
- Rights: Physical rights are retained by The Historic New Orleans Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.
- Medium: photographic paper; silver (metal); photographic gelatin
- Art Form: Photography
- Support: gelatin silver process
- Depicted Location: 8815 Hickory Street, New Orleans, LA
- Original Title: Chosen Few Brass Band in front of the Merry-Go-Round Social Aid Club, Ca. 1975
- Credit Line: Jules Cahn Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection
- Accession Number: 2000.78.8.18
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