
According to the Internet source given below, Peter Edwin Bocage was a New Orleans jazz musician born in the 15th ward, Algiers.
Best known as a cornet player, he also played violin, trombone, banjo, and xylophone playing in bands such as the
Original Superior Orchestra, the
Original Tuxedo Orchestra and the
Onward Brass Band
In the 1910s he played with
Joe Oliver's band and with the
Fate Marable Orchestra. He was with the
A. J. Piron Orchestra in the 1920s with whom he is credited as co-composer of some of the group's original numbers. He also played with
Sidney Bechet in Boston.
Interestingly he considered himself a ragtimer rather than a jazzman.
Photo © Jack Hurley.
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