Polo Barnes
Paul D. "Polo" Barnes (* 22. November 1901 in New Orleans , † 3. April 1981 ) was an American jazz - clarinetist and saxophonist of the New Orleans Jazz .
Live and act
Barnes attended St. Paul Lutheran College. At the age of 18 he started playing the alto saxophone and founded the Original Diamond Band with Lawrence Marrero , which later became the Young Tuxedo Band. In 1922 he played with Kid Rena and in 1923 with the Maple Leaf Orchestra and Papa Celestin's Original Tuxedo Band . In 1927 he left New Orleans and played with King Oliver in St. Louis . He then moved to New York City , playing with Chick Webb and Edgar Dowell . In 1928/29 he toured with Jelly Roll Morton (often soprano saxophone). In the 1930s he led his own band in New Orleans (1932/33) and played again with King Oliver (1931, 1934/35), Chester Zardis (1935) and other bands in New Orleans and Kid Howard (1937-1939) and 1941). In the 1940s he played in a Navy band in Algiers (Louisiana) from 1942 to 1945 and with Papa Celestin from 1946 to 1951.
From 1952 he was in California, where he was not active as a musician for most of the time, but returned to New Orleans in 1958 in the All Star Band of Alton Purnell and with Paul Barbarin (1959). 1962 to 1964 he was back in California and played on a paddle steamer in Disneyland with the Young Men from New Orleans . Then he was back in New Orleans, where he played in the Preservation Hall and Dixieland Hall. In 1973/74 he toured Europe with other New Orleans veterans. In 1977 he ended his career for health reasons.
He can be heard on his own records, but also as the sideman of Celestin, Morton, Peter Bocage and Kid Sheik . He also composed, including My Josephine , which was recorded by Papa Celestin in the 1920s.
His brother Emile Barnes (1892-1970) was also a jazz clarinetist. He is not related to the clarinetist Walter Barnes .
Lexical entries
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 5th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-010464-5 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
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| SURNAME | Barnes, polo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barnes, Paul D. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1981 |
| Place of death | New Orleans |