Lucien Barbarin

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Lucien Barbarin signs autographs at the Sydney Opera House after a concert with Harry Connick Jr.

Lucien Joseph Barbarin Sr. (born July 17, 1956 in New Orleans - † January 30, 2020 ) was an American trombonist of Dixieland and traditional jazz in New Orleans.

Live and act

Barbarin came from a well-known family of jazz musicians in New Orleans (starting with his great-grandfather Isidore Barbarin ). At the age of six he was already playing drums in the Onward Brass Band of his great-uncle Paul Barbarin . He first learned the baritone horn and tuba in school before he came to the trombone. After the death of his uncle, he worked in R&B bands; after being invited to a gig by drummer Albert June Gardner, he turned to traditional jazz. At the age of 15 he played with Danny Barker , with whom he is also related, in the Fairview Baptist Christian Church Band .

Barbarin toured with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band (regularly from the early 1980s) and with Harry Connick junior and recorded with them and, for example, with the Marsalis Family ( A Jazz Celebration ) and with Wynton Marsalis , to be heard on Mr. Jelly Lord - Standard Time Vol. 6 and Unforgiveable Blackness . He also recorded under his own name (for example Trombone Tradition , Jazz Connaisseur 2017, with the Henri Chaix Trio, Jazz at the Palm Court , GhB 2000).

Barabrin also played with Dianne Reeves , Doc Cheatham , Nicholas Payton , Jay McShann , the Tuxedo Brass Band , Lionel Hampton , Steve Turre , Don Vappie , Leroy Jones , Dr. Michael White , of the Maryland Jazz Band, and Kermit Ruffins . In the field of jazz he was involved in 44 recording sessions between 1975 and 2013, according to Tom Lord . a. also with Wallace Davenport , Lars Edegran and Wendell Brunious . He not only performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival , but also at numerous international jazz festivals such as the North Sea Jazz Festival , Montreux Jazz Festival and Nice Jazz Festival .

Discographic notes

  • Lucien Barbarin and The Palm Court Swingsters: Little Becomes Much (Jazz At The Palm Court Vol. 3) (1999)

Web links

Commons : Lucien Barbarin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trombonist Lucien Barbarin dies of cancer at 63rd Syncopated Times, January 30, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 (English).
  2. ^ All in the Family: Legacies in New Orleans Music
  3. ↑ Interview
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 31, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Barbarian, Lucien
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barbarin, Lucien Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trombonist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 2020