Wilbur de Paris (January 11, 1900 – January 3, 1973) was a
tromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
player and band leader, especially known for mixing
New Orleans jazzNew Orleans Jazz may refer to:*Dixieland, a style of jazz music*Utah Jazz, a professional National Basketball Association franchise that was previously based in New Orleans and known as the New Orleans Jazz, in recognition of the jazz music of New Orleans...
style with
SwingSwing music, also known as swing jazz or simply swing, is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States...
. Paris had a brother who was also a musician,
Sidney De ParisSidney De Paris was an American jazz trumpeter.He worked with Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten , Don Redman , Zutty Singleton , Benny Carter , and Art Hodes...
. The de Paris brothers started a band in the late 1940s they called, "New New Orleans Jazz." It featured the famed Jelly Roll Morton clarinetist
Omer SimeonOmer Victor Simeon was an American jazz clarinetist. He also played soprano, alto, and baritone saxophone and bass clarinet....
. Other legendary jazzmen who served in the band from time to time were drummers
Zutty SingletonArthur James "Zutty" Singleton was an influential American early jazz drummer.Singleton was born in Bunkie, Louisiana and raised in New Orleans. He was working professionally with Steve Lewis by 1915. He served with the United States Navy in World War I...
& Freddie Moore.
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Wilbur de Paris (January 11, 1900 – January 3, 1973) was a
tromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
player and band leader, especially known for mixing
New Orleans jazzNew Orleans Jazz may refer to:*Dixieland, a style of jazz music*Utah Jazz, a professional National Basketball Association franchise that was previously based in New Orleans and known as the New Orleans Jazz, in recognition of the jazz music of New Orleans...
style with
SwingSwing music, also known as swing jazz or simply swing, is a form of jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States...
. Paris had a brother who was also a musician,
Sidney De ParisSidney De Paris was an American jazz trumpeter.He worked with Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten , Don Redman , Zutty Singleton , Benny Carter , and Art Hodes...
. The de Paris brothers started a band in the late 1940s they called, "New New Orleans Jazz." It featured the famed Jelly Roll Morton clarinetist
Omer SimeonOmer Victor Simeon was an American jazz clarinetist. He also played soprano, alto, and baritone saxophone and bass clarinet....
. Other legendary jazzmen who served in the band from time to time were drummers
Zutty SingletonArthur James "Zutty" Singleton was an influential American early jazz drummer.Singleton was born in Bunkie, Louisiana and raised in New Orleans. He was working professionally with Steve Lewis by 1915. He served with the United States Navy in World War I...
& Freddie Moore. The banjo chair was filled first by Eddie Gibbs and later by Lee Blair also of Morton fame. Don Kirkpatrick was the band's most consistent piano player. This band became an institution in New York City during the 1950s and toured the world in the late 1950s. The band recorded extensively. Today the band's studio output is available on the Collectibles label; while all of their "live" radio performance are available on the Jazz Crusade label on CD.