Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen (September 15, 1950 - January 11, 2004) was a jazz tuba player and band leader. Tuba Fats was New Orleans' most famous tuba player and played traditional New Orleans jazz and blues for over 40 years. September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... The tuba is the largest of the low-brass instruments and is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the ophicleide. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ...

He was born, spent most of his life, and died in New Orleans, Louisiana. His music also took him on a number of tours of Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. Nickname: The Big Easy Motto: Official website: http://www. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... ur mom looks like a horse sucker hahahahqahahahahahahahahahah ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

He was known for many years to lead a band playing for tips in Jackson Square in the French Quarter, where he gave much encouragement to younger musicians. He played professionally with brass bands such as the Young Tuxedo, E. Gibson, Doc Paulin, Onward, Algiers, Treme, and Olympia Brass Bands, and with his own band, Tuba Fats & the Chosen Few Brass Band. French Quarter: upper Chartres street looking down towards Jackson Square and the spires of St. ... The Lochgelly Band, a Scottish colliery band, circa 1890 A brass band is a musical group consisting mostly of brass instruments, often with a percussion section. ...

He was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 on January 18, 2004 after a jazz funeral. Saint Louis Cemetery is the name of three Roman Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jazz funeral is a unique American funeral tradition which occurs in New Orleans. ...

External links

• TubaNews
• Jazz Funeral of Anthony "Tuba Fats" Lacen, January 18, 2004