BARKER, DANIEL (DANNY
). Jazz guitarist/Banjoist ( in New Orleans, Louisiana). He came from a musical family: his grandfather, Isidore Barbarin, was a long-time leader of the Onward Brass Band in New Orleans, and his uncle,
Paul Barbarin
, was a jazz drummer. He began clarinet study at an early age, taking lessons from Albany (Barney
) Bigard; he then studied drums with his uncle Paul, and finally changed to guitar and banjo, studying with
Bernard Addison
. He began...