Original Creole Orchestra

found: Gushee, Lawrence. Pioneers of jazz, 2005:t.p. (Creole Band) index (Creole Band; all variants refer to Creole Band) p. 285-286 (Appendix I, billing names: Original New Orleans Orchestra and Ragtime Band; Original Creole Orchestra and Ragtime Band; New Orleans Creole Ragtime Band; New Orleans Ragtime Band; New Orleans Creole Orchestra; New Orleans Creole Musicians; Original New Orleans Creole Band; Original Creole Band; Creole Band; Creole Rag Time Band; Famous Creole Band; (Seven) Creole Serenaders; Original Creole Ragtime Band; Creole Ragtime Band; Wonderful Creole Band; Johnson's (Original) Creole (Ragtime) Band; Alabama Jazz Band; Original New Orleans Creole Rag Time Band; Original (New Orleans) Jaz Band; Morgan Prince and his Creole Band; (New Orleans) Jazz Band; Original New Orleans Creole Ragtime Band)

found: Google web site, March 31, 2004(Original Creole Orchestra (aka Freddie Keppard's Original Creole Orchestra) was the first New Orleans Jazz band to tour outside of the South: George Baquet, clarinet; Bill Johnson, string bass, leader; Dink Johnson, drums; Freddie Keppard, cornet; Jimmie Palao, violin; Eddie Venson, trombone; W.M. Williams, guitar; existed from 1912 to 1918; later evolved into King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band; left no recordings)