Adolphe Paul Barbarin (May 5, 1899 – February 17, 1969) was an American jazz drummer from New Orleans.

Career

Barbarin grew up in New Orleans in a family of musicians, including his father, three of his brothers, and his nephew (

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). He was a member of the Silver Leaf Orchestra and the Young Olympia Band. He moved to Chicago in 1917 and worked with

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and Jimmie Noone. From 1925–1927, he was a member of

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's band. During the following year, he moved to New York City and played in Luis Russell's band for about four years. He left Russell and worked as a freelance musician, but he returned to Russell's band when it supported Louis Armstrong. For a brief time beginning in 1942, he worked for

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's sextet, with

Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. His erratic tempe ...

in 1944 and Art Hodes in 1953. In 1955, he founded the Onward Brass Band in New Orleans. He spent the rest of his life as the leader of that band. Barbarin died on February 17, 1969, while playing snare drums during a Mardi Gras parade. Record producer Al Rose said that his funeral "attracted one of the great mobs in New Orleans funeral history."

Personal life

Barbarin was

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References

External links

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at ''Drummerworld''
Paul Barbarin
at The Red Hot Jazz Archive
Paul Barbarin recordings
at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. Dixieland jazz musicians 1899 births 1969 deaths Jazz musicians from New Orleans American jazz drummers 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Preservation Hall Jazz Band members Young Tuxedo Brass Band members African-American Catholics Southland Records artists 20th-century African-American musicians Atlantic Records artists London Records artists Storyville Records artists Riverside Records artists {{US-jazz-drummer-stub