Paul Barbarin

Paul Barbarin 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.

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New Orleans - Jazz - Drummer - Baby Dodds - Big Band

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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.

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1901 - Louis Barbarin - 1902 - Tulane's - Jazz Archives

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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.

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1910s - Chicago - New York City - Joe "King" Oliver - Luis Russell - Louis Armstrong - Henry Red Allen - 1950s

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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.

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ASCAP - Dixieland

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Paul Barbarin died on February 17, 1966 while playing a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade.

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February 17 - 1966 - New Orleans Mardi Gras

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