BROWNLEE'S ORCHESTRA OF NEW ORLEANS

Norman Brownlee and his Orchestra played in New Orleans from 1920 to 1930. The band is remembered primarily for New Orleans trumpet legend Emmett Hardy's short stay in the band. Hardy is said to have been an early influence on Bix Beiderbecke. When Brownlee's Orchestra recorded for Okeh in January of 1925, Hardy was too sick to join the session. Hardy died in June of 1925 of tuberculosis. from www.redhotjazz.com