Eureka Brass Band

The Eureka Brass Band was a brass band from New Orleans, active from 1920 to 1975.The group was founded by trumpeter Willie Wilson, and its early members included clarinetists Willie Parker, John Casimir, and George Lewis. In the 1930s Wilson became ill, and trumpeter <span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown">Alcide Landry</span> had nominal control over the band, but after 1937, when Wilson's condition forced him to leave, trombonist <span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown">Joseph "Red" Clark</span> became the group's leader briefly, followed by <span title="Unknown artist" class="bbcode_unknown">Dominique "T-Boy" Remy</span> (1937-46) and then Percy Humphrey, who led the group for the remainder of its existence.