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Louis Barbarin
Louis Barbarin
American jazz drummer
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Danny Barker
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
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Young Tuxedo Brass Band
Young Tuxedo Brass Band
American brass band
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Paul Barbarin
Paul Barbarin
American musician
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Willie Humphrey
Willie Humphrey
American musician
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Albert Burbank
Albert Burbank
American jazz clarinetist
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Placide Adams
Placide Adams
American jazz musician
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Blanche Thomas
Blanche Thomas
American musician
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Big Boy Goudie
Big Boy Goudie
American musician
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Wooden Joe Nicholas
Wooden Joe Nicholas
American musician
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Kid Howard
Kid Howard
American musician
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Clark Gayton
Clark Gayton
American musician
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Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca
American jazz musician
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Ernest Joseph Cagnolatti
Ernest Joseph Cagnolatti
American jazz musician
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Emmett Hardy
Emmett Hardy
American musician
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Kermit Ruffins
Kermit Ruffins
American musician
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Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
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Chink Martin
Chink Martin
American jazz tuba player
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Johnny Wiggs
Johnny Wiggs
American musician
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Buddy Bolden
Buddy Bolden
American cornetist and jazz pioneer
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David Lee
David Lee
American jazz drummer
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Monk Hazel
Monk Hazel
American musician
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Albert "June" Gardner
Albert "June" Gardner
New Orleans jazz musician
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
American musical group; New Orleans, Louisiana, brass band
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Leroy Jones
Leroy Jones
American musician
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George Mitchell
George Mitchell
jazz musician
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Steamboat Willie
Steamboat Willie
American jazz musician
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley
American recording artist; jazz cornet and trumpet player
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Alphonse Picou
Alphonse Picou
African American jazz clarinetist
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Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Emile Christian
Emile Christian
American musician
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Richard M. Jones
Richard M. Jones
American musician
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George Lewis
George Lewis
American musician
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Kid Rena
Kid Rena
American musician
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Louis Madison
Louis Madison
American jazz musician
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Harold Dejan
Harold Dejan
American musician
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Trombone Shorty
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
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Lawrence Marrero
Lawrence Marrero
American jazz banjoist
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Rebirth Brass Band
Rebirth Brass Band
American brass band
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Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland
American cornetist
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Phil Cohran
Phil Cohran
American trumpeter
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Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson
American musician
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Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett
American jazz musician
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Johnny St. Cyr
Johnny St. Cyr
American musician
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Malachi Thompson
Malachi Thompson
American musician
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Papa Jack Laine
Papa Jack Laine
American musician
Isidore Barbarin
American jazz cornet

Isidore Barbarin

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American jazz cornet
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Music

Isidore Jean "John" Barbarin (September 24, 1871 – June 12, 1960) was an American jazz cornet and alto horn player. He was a mainstay of the New Orleans jazz scene in the decades around the turn of the 20th century.

Barbarin was born and died in New Orleans. He began learning cornet at age 14, then played in various New Orleans brass bands, such as the Onward Brass Band, the Excelsior Brass Band, and Papa Celestin's Tuxedo Brass Band. He did not make it on to record until 1945, when he recorded with Bunk Johnson; in 1946 he recorded with the Original Zenith Brass Band.

Isidore's sons Paul Barbarin and Louis Barbarin became noted musicians in their own right. His two other sons both became professional musicians as well; Lucien Barbarin (1905–1955) was a drummer, and William Barbarin (1907–1973) played cornet. His grandson, Danny Barker, to daughter Rose (1891-1954), is also a musician.