Wilbur de Paris
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- 1
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1900-01-11
- Active to
- 1973-01-03
jazz
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Wilbur de Paris (1900–1973) was a trombone player and band leader, especially known for mixing New Orleans jazz style with Swing. Paris was born on the 11th January 1900. His brother, Sidney de Paris, was also a musician. The two brothers started a band in the late 1940s called New New Orleans Jazz. It featured Omer Simeon, the famed clarinettist with Jelly Roll Morton. Other legendary jazzmen who served in the band from time to time were drummers Zutty Singleton and Freddie Moore. <a href="ht
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Crawfordsville
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- composer
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trombone
- Image
- Wilbur De Paris, Aquarium, New York, ca. Nov. 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 02001).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1900-01-11
- date of death
- 1973-01-03
- start of work period
- 1912-00-00
- Commons category
- Wilbur De Paris
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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