Sidney Desvignes

Jazz trumpeter and bandleader, born September 11, 1893 in New Orleans, died. December 2, 1959 in Pacoima, California. From c. 1921 to 1925 he played with Ed Allen and Fate Marable on the riverboat Capitol; in the late 1920s he led the Southern Syncopaters on the SS Island Queen, and in the 1930s directed the Sidney Desvigne Orchestra aboard the SS Capitol. His riverboat career extended to the end of 1945, when he moved to southern California and operated a night club.