New Orleans Jazz musician and centenarian Lionel Ferbos has passed away at the age of 103—just two days after celebrating his birthday.

The trumpeter reportedly died peacefully at his home Saturday morning, surrounded by family and friends. He was said to be the oldest working jazz musician. He was also the last living member of the WPA band, which was formed during the Depression by laborers in the city’s Works Progress Administration.

He performed at various venues all over his hometown, and even played at his 102nd birthday party. Until this past year, he performed at every New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. His family says he only stopped because he was too weak to hold his trumpet up. At times, someone even held it for him while he blew, so that he could continue.

Though he performed almost exclusively in New Orleans, his work did its way around the country and overseas. Ferbos made eight tours of Europe with the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra. The group formed in the 1960s to revive the old music unearthed in the jazz archives at Tulane University. Ferbos was also part of the original stage band of the off-Broadway hit One Mo’ Time. He dropped out of show in the ’70s when it moved to New York to avoid leaving New Orleans.

Ferbos was also known around the city as a metal maker. He worked for his father’s workshop in the French Quarter for decades before starting his own.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Margarite Gilyot. He married the seamstress in 1934, and remained married until her death in 2009. He is survived by a daughter, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.