Editing Louis Barbarin

{{Short description|American jazz drummer (1902–1997)}}
'''Louis Barbarin''' (nickname '''Lil Barb'''; October 24, 1902 – May 12, 1997) was a New Orleans jazz drummer.

==Early life==
Barbarin was born in New Orleans on October 24, 1902.<ref name="Grove">{{Citation |last1=Russell |first1=Bill |title=Oxford Music Online |last2=Kernfeld |first2=Barry |date=2003 |chapter=Barbarin Family |publisher=Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J025500 }}</ref> His father was [[Isidore Barbarin]], and his brothers [[Paul Barbarin|Paul]], Lucien, and William all became musicians.<ref name="AM">{{cite web |last=Chadbourne |first=Eugene |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/louis-barbarin-mn0001610290 |title=Louis Barbarin |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=December 19, 2018}}</ref> He studied under the drummer [[Louis Cottrell, Sr.]]<ref name="Grove" />

==Later life and career==
Barbarin "joined the first Onward Brass Band around 1918, when [[Manuel Perez (musician)|Manuel Perez]] was the leader. He played at dances with [[Kid Rena]], the trombonist [[Jack Carey]], and [[Punch Miller]], and on excursion boats with [[Sidney Desvigne]]."<ref name="Grove" /> He joined [[Papa Celestin]]'s band in 1937 and stayed until Celestin's death.<ref name="AM" /> The band was then taken over by banjoist [[Papa French|Albert French]], and Barbarin remained as the drummer.<ref name="AM" /> He often recorded with each of the bands.<ref name="Grove" />

Barbarin sang in a quartet, the Four Tones, after World War II, then worked with Miller in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="Grove" /> He played in several bands in the mid-to-late 1960s, and toured extensively in the 1970s, including in Europe.<ref name="Grove" /> He stopped playing in 1982,<ref name="AM" /> and died in New Orleans on May 12, 1997.<ref name="Grove" /> He was interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans.<ref name="lha">{{Cite web |url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-b/ |title=Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - Dictionary B |website=Louisiana Historical Association |access-date=2021-07-19}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Barbarin was [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-13 |title=Life after death: A New Orleans resurrection story |url=https://clarionherald.org/news/life-after-death-a-new-orleans-resurrection-story |website=Clarion Herald}}</ref>

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