Harold Dejan

Harold Dejan
Dejan (center) with Olympia Brass Band on tour in Austria, 1986
Background information
Birth nameHarold Andrew Dejan
Born(1909-02-04)February 4, 1909
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
DiedJuly 5, 2002(2002-07-05) (aged 93)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

Harold Andrew "Duke" Dejan (February 4, 1909 – July 5, 2002) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in New Orleans. Dejan is best remembered as leader of the Olympia Brass Band during the 1960s and 1970s, when it was considered the top band in the city.

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