Emmett Hardy

Emmett Hardy
Hardy performing with the Carlisle Evans Band in 1921
Background information
Birth name	Emmett Louis Hardy
Born	June 12, 1903
Origin	Gretna, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	June 16, 1925 (aged 22)
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Cornet

Emmett Louis Hardy (June 12, 1903 – June 16, 1925) was a jazz cornet player during the early 1900s.

Career

In Hardy's early teens, he was a member of Papa Jack Laine's band, then worked in the Carlisle Evans Band and Norman Brownlee's Orchestra of New Orleans. He belonged to a small band that supported singer Bee Palmer. In 1919, he returned to New Orleans and started a band. After moving to Chicago, he became a member of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. Hardy died, aged twenty-two, from tuberculosis.