DE PARIS, WILBUR

DE PARIS, WILBUR. Jazz trombonist (11 January 1900 in Crawfordsville, Indiana; 3 January 1973 in New York, New York). He came from a musical family: his father was a bandleader-music teacher and his brother Sidney became a professional musician. He studied music with his father as a child, played in his father's carnival band, and later toured on the T.O.B. A. circuit ( Theatre Owners Booking Association ). About 1922 he went to New Orleans, where he played with ). About 1922 he went to New Orleans, where he played with ...