New Orleans tourist attraction. In 1953, Papa Celestin appeared leading his band in the travelogue Cinerama Holiday, not released until 1955. His band became a regular feature at the Paddock Lounge on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, and made regular radio broadcasts, television appearance, and more recordings. In 1953 Celestin gave a command performance for President Eisenhower at the White House. His last recording was "Marie LaVeau" (1954) on which he sang. In view of the contribution Celestin made in jazz throughout his lifetime, the Jazz Foundation of New Orleans had a bust made and donated to the Delgado Museum in New Orleans. Near the end of his life, he was honored as one of the greats of New Orleans music. 4,000 people marched in his funeral parade when he died in 1954. After his death, Tuxedo Brass Band leadership was briefly taken over by trombonist Eddie Pierson until his death in 1958. The leadership of the band then fell to banjo player Albert "Papa" French. Selective discography Celestin recorded for Okeh in 1925, then for Columbia for the rest of the decade. He resumed recording in his final decade. A number of air-checks from Celestin's radio broadcasts have also been issued commercially. References American jazz cornetists American jazz trumpeters American male trumpeters Jazz musicians from New Orleans 1884 births 1954 deaths Dixieland trumpeters Dixieland cornetists Okeh Records artists Columbia Records artists People from Napoleonville, Louisiana 20th-century trumpeters 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Tuxedo Brass Band members Southland Records artists 20th-century African-American musicians