Louis Barbarin
Template:Short description 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">Template:Citation</ref> His father was Isidore Barbarin, and his brothers Paul, Lucien, and William all became musicians.<ref name="AM">Template:Cite web</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 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 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">Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
Barbarin was Catholic.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
- 1902 births
- 1997 deaths
- 20th-century Roman Catholics
- Jazz musicians from New Orleans
- American jazz drummers
- Louisiana Creole people
- African-American drummers
- 20th-century American drummers
- American male drummers
- 20th-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians
- Onward Brass Band members
- 20th-century African-American musicians
- African-American Catholics
- American Roman Catholics
- Drummers from New Orleans