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Drummers - Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin (born May 5, 1899) was a New Orleans jazz
drummer, usually regarded (along with Baby Dodds) as one of the very
best of the pre-Big Band era jazz drummers.
Paul Barbarin's year of birth is often given as 1901, but his brother
Louis Barbarin (born 1902) said he was quite sure that Paul was several
years older than him, and Paul Barbarin simply refused to answer the
year of his birth in an interview at Tulane's Jazz Archives.
From the late 1910s on, Barbarin divided his time between Chicago, New
York City and New Orleans, and touring with such bands as those of Joe
"King" Oliver, Luis Russell, Louis Armstrong, and Henry Red Allen. From
the 1950s on he usually led his own band.
Barbarin was an accomplished and knowledgeable musician, a member of
ASCAP, and the composer of a number of pop tunes and Dixieland
standards, including Come Back Sweet Papa, Don't Forget To Mess Around
(When You're Doing The Charleston), Bourbon Street Parade, and (Paul
Barbarin's) Second Line.
Paul Barbarin died on February 17, 1966 while playing a New Orleans
Mardi Gras parade.
From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Barbarin
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