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Oscar "Chicken" Henry

Oscar "Chicken" Henry was an established piano player, or "professor," in New Orleans's Storyville until an injury to his hand prompted a switch to the trombone. Henry was playing with the Eureka Brass Band in 1950, when this photograph was made.

Oscar “Chicken” Henry

Courtesy of Tulane University, William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz

Oscar "Chicken" Henry. Harnden, Betsy (Photographer)

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Courtesy of Tulane University, William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz
Date 1950
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