BARBARIN, PAUL

BARBARIN, PAUL. Jazz drummer (5 May 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana; 10 February 1969 in New Orleans). He came from a musical family: his father, Isadore (1872-1960), played with the Onward Brass Band almost thirty years and with other brass bands of New Orleans; his brother Louis became a professional musician. Paul first played clarinet, then changed to drums when he was fifteen. His early professional experience was with the Silver Leaf Orchestra and the Young Olympia Band. Beginning in...