Peter Bocage
Peter Edwin Bocage was an American jazz trumpeter and violinist.Career
At 21, he played violin as the leader of a ragtime band, the Superior Orchestra, which included Bunk Johnson. He played trumpet in the Tuxedo Orchestra, the Onward Brass Band, and as the leader of the Excelsior Brass Band. He played with King Oliver's band, the Fate Marable Orchestra, and A. J. Piron. He performed with Sidney Bechet and at the Cotton Club in New York City. He made records with his band the Creole Serenaders. In later years he performed at Preservation Hall in New Orleans.
