hiː plˈeɪd wɪððɪ ældʒˈɪɹz bɹˈæs bˈænd baɪ ðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd z, ænd wɪð vˈɛɹiəs smˈɔːl tˈaʊn bˈændz bᵻfˌoːɹ mˈuːvɪŋ tə nˈuː ˈɔːɹliənz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹ, æɾ ˈeɪdʒ twˈɛnti.
He played with the Algiers Brass Band by the early 1900s, and with various small town bands before moving to New Orleans in 1904, at age 20.