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Barbarin, Paul, 1899-1969

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Personal name headingBarbarin, Paul, 1899-1969
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Variant(s)Barbarin, Adolphe Paul, 1899-1969
See alsoNew Orleans Band (Paul Barbarin)
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1899-05-05
Death date1969-02-10
Place of birthNew Orleans (La.)
Place of deathNew Orleans (La.)
AffiliationOnward Brass Band Excelsior Brass Band Ray Russell Band Onward Brass Band New Orleans Band (Paul Barbarin)
Jump Rhythm Boys (Musical group)
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Drummers (Musicians) Composers
Found inHis Paul Barbarin and his New Orleans jazz [SR] p1988: label (Paul Barbarin)
W.w. of jazz (Barbarin, Adolphe Paul, drums, leader, composer; b. New Orleans, 5-5-1899; d. New Orleans, 2-10-69)
Barbarin, P. Paul Barbarin and his New Orleans Band [SR] 1950: container (Paul Barbarin and his New Orleans Band)
African American National Biography, accessed June 8, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Barbarin, Paul; Adolphe Paul Barbarin; jazz musician, percussionist, composer / arranger; born 05 May, 1899 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; musician by night, Chicago (1917); played, Royal Gardens (1918), with Keppard, Chicago, with King Oliver (1922), at Tom Anderson's Cabaret (1923), Onward and Excelsior brass bands; bass drummer, Dixie Syncopators, Plantation CafeĢ, Chicago (1924-1927); played and recorded, Russell band, Nest Club, New York (1927-1932, 1934, 1935-1938); led his own band, Jump Rhythm Boys (1933); led bands, played in parades, and taught at Grunewald School of Music, New Orleans (1944-1969); worked with Art Hodes, Chicago (1953); performed in New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto; led Onward Brass Band at the carnival parade on Saint Charles Avenue, New Orleans (1969); died 17 February, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)