caption associated_acts death_date death_place notable_instruments birth_place background birth_date image article_title name
dejan tour in austria , 1986 -lrb- center -rrb- with olympia brass band on olympia brass band 5 july 2002 united states saxophone united states non_vocal_instrumentalist 4 february 1909 olympia brass hollabrunn1.jpg harold dejan
 harold dejan
harold dejan

harold `` duke '' dejan -lrb- february 4 , 1909 -- july 5 , 2002 -rrb- 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 .
