Editing Paul Barbarin

{{short description|American jazz drummer (1899–1969)}}
{{for|the French mathematician|Paul Jean Joseph Barbarin}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                =Paul Barbarin
| image               =AndersonBand1919.jpg
| image_size        = 250
| landscape          = yes
| caption             = Barbarin, left, plays drums with a band on Rampart Street in New Orleans, 1919. Also pictured are (left to right): Arnold Metoyer, trumpet; Luis Russel, piano; Willie Santiago, banjo; Albert Nicholas, saxophones and clarinet.
| background       = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name       = Adolphe Paul Barbarin
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1899|5|5}}
| birth_place        = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1969|2|17|1899|5|5}}
| death_place       = New Orleans
| genre               = [[Jazz]]
| occupation        = Musician, composer
| instrument        = Drums
}}

'''Adolphe Paul Barbarin''' (May 5, 1899 – February 17, 1969) was an American [[jazz]] drummer from [[New Orleans]].<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|pages=29/30}}</ref>

==Career==
Barbarin grew up in New Orleans in a family of musicians, including his father [[Isidore Barbarin|Isidore]], three of his brothers (including [[Louis Barbarin|Louis]]), and his nephew ([[Danny Barker]]).<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He was a member of the Silver Leaf Orchestra and the Young Olympia Band. He moved to Chicago in 1917 and worked with [[Freddie Keppard]] and [[Jimmie Noone]]. From 1925–1927, he was a member of [[King Oliver]]'s band.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/>

During the following year, he moved to New York City and played in [[Luis Russell]]'s band for about four years. He left Russell and worked as a freelance musician, but he returned to Russell's band when it supported [[Louis Armstrong]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> For a brief time beginning in 1942, he worked for [[Red Allen]]'s sextet, with [[Sidney Bechet]] in 1944 and [[Art Hodes]] in 1953. In 1955, he founded the [[Onward Brass Band]] in New Orleans.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> He spent the rest of his life as the leader of that band.<ref name="Yanow">{{cite web|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=Paul Barbarin|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-barbarin-mn0000014318/biography|website=AllMusic|access-date=July 8, 2017}}</ref>

Barbarin died on February 17, 1969, while playing snare drums during a [[Mardi Gras]] parade.<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> Record producer Al Rose said that his funeral "attracted one of the great mobs in New Orleans funeral history."<ref name = "rose">{{cite book|last = Rose |first = Al |title = I Remember Jazz: Six Decades Among the Great Jazzmen | location = Baton Rouge and London |publisher = LSU Press | pages = 218–220 | date = 1987 |isbn = 0-8071-2571-7 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Barbarin was [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1997-05-14|title=Death Of Louis Barbarin, 94, Cuts Link With Jazz's Past|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/newspapers/00000338.txt|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-03|website=Times Picayune}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070615055956/http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Paul_Barbarin.html Paul Barbarin] at ''Drummerworld''
* [https://syncopatedtimes.com/paul-barbarin-1899-1969/ Paul Barbarin] at The Red Hot Jazz Archive
* [https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106342 Paul Barbarin recordings] at the [[Discography of American Historical Recordings]].
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