Alphonse Picou

African American jazz clarinetist (1878–1961)
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Alphonse Picou

Summary

Alphonse Picou is a human[1]. His place of birth was New Orleans[2]. He was born on October 19, 1878[3]. He passed away in New Orleans[4]. He died on February 4, 1961[5]. He worked as a jazz musician[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #7,281 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Alphonse Picou's place of birth was New Orleans[2].
  • Alphonse Picou died in New Orleans[4].
  • Alphonse Picou was born on October 19, 1878[3].
  • Alphonse Picou died on February 4, 1961[5].
  • Alphonse Picou died on January 4, 1961[8].
  • Alphonse Picou held citizenship in United States[9].
  • Alphonse Picou is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group[10].
  • Alphonse Picou's professions included jazz musician[6].
  • Alphonse Picou is recorded as male[11].
  • Alphonse Picou's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Alphonse Picou's genre is jazz[13].
  • Alphonse Picou's Commons category is recorded as Alphonse Picou[14].
  • Alphonse Picou's given name is recorded as Alphonse[15].
  • Alphonse Picou's instrument is recorded as clarinet[16].
  • Alphonse Picou's described by source is recorded as Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[18]

  • Country: US[19]

  • Began / founded: 1878-10-19[20]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1961-02-04[21]

  • Genre(s): jazz[22]

  • Community tags: jazz[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 19bb5129-aa5b-4aa8-acce-bb0de0b566a0[24]

Body

Origins and Family

Alphonse Picou was born in New Orleans[2]. He was born on October 19, 1878[3]. He is identified as part of the African Americans ethnic group[10].

Career and Affiliations

Alphonse Picou worked as a jazz musician[6].

Death and Burial

Recorded date of death include February 4, 1961[5] and January 4, 1961[8]. Alphonse Picou passed away in New Orleans[4].

Why It Matters

Alphonse Picou ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month, #7,281 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

FAQs

Where was Alphonse Picou born?

Alphonse Picou was born in New Orleans[2].

Where did Alphonse Picou die?

Alphonse Picou passed away in New Orleans[4].

What did Alphonse Picou do for work?

Alphonse Picou worked as jazz musician[6].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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