About Leon Roppolo
Lived 1902 – 1943 (aged 41). Leon Roppolo was an American clarinetist, jazz musician and saxophonist.
Leon Joseph Roppolo (March 16, 1902 – October 5, 1943) His family, of Sicilian origin, moved to the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans about 1912.
At the age of fifteen he decided to leave home to travel with the band of Bee Palmer, which soon became the nucleus for the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. Roppolo died in New Orleans at the age of forty-one. and "Milenberg Joys", "Gold Leaf Strut" or "Golden Leaf Strut", "Tin Roof Blues" (1923), and "Make Love to Me".
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Who was Leon Roppolo?
American musician (1902–1943)
When was Leon Roppolo born?
Leon Roppolo was born on 16 March 1902 in Lutcher.
When did Leon Roppolo die?
Leon Roppolo died on 5 October 1943 in New Orleans.
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Leon Roppolo was a clarinetist, jazz musician and saxophonist.
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Leon Roppolo was American.
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