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Sidney De Paris 
Summary
Sidney De Paris (May 30, 1905 – September 13, 1967)[1] was an American jazz trumpeter. His brother was Wilbur de Paris.[1]
Sidney De Paris | |
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 De Paris at Jimmy Ryan's club, New York City, 1947 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | May 30, 1905 Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 13, 1967 (aged 62) New York City |
| Genres | Jazz, swing, Dixeland |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1920–1960 |
| Labels | Commodore, Blue Note |
He was a member of Charlie Johnson's Paradise Ten (1926–1931), worked with Don Redman (1932–1936 and 1939), followed by periods with Zutty Singleton (1939–1941), Benny Carter (1940–41), and Art Hodes (1941).[1] De Paris recorded with Jelly Roll Morton (1939) and Sidney Bechet (1940),[1] and was part of the Panassie sessions in 1938. From 1947, and throughout the 1950s, he performed almost exclusively with his brother, Wilbur.[1] [2]
He suffered from ill health in the latter years of his life, before he died in September 1967, at the age of 62.[3]
Partial discography edit
- "I've Found A New Baby" b/w "Black And Blue" - Commodore Records 78 rpm 552 (1940s) - as De Paris Brothers Orchestra featuring Wilbur de Paris, with Edmond Hall, Clyde Hart, Billy Taylor and Specs Powell
- Deparis Dixie (Blue Note, 1944)
- Jamming in Jazz (Blue Note, 1944)
- Sidney Deparis' Blue Note Stompers (Blue Note, 1951)
- Dixieland Hits Country & Western (Swingville, 1962)
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 119. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. "Sidney DeParis". AllMusic. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- ^ "SIDNEY DE PARIS". Doctorjazz.co.uk. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
External links edit
- Scott Yanow, Sidney DeParis at AllMusic