Sidney De Paris
Sidney De Paris (May 30, 1905 – September 13, 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter. His brother was Wilbur de Paris. 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).
Sidney De Paris
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- Name
- Sidney De Paris
- Born
- 30 May 1905
- Birthplace
- Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S.
- Died
- 13 September 1967
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- jazz
- Languages
- English
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Sidney De Paris (May 30, 1905 – September 13, 1967) was an American jazz trumpeter. His brother was Wilbur de Paris. 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).
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Sidney De Paris (1905–1967) was an American jazz musician and musician. Born in Crawfordsville, the jazz musician died in New York City.
Genres include jazz. Languages used include English.
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De Paris recorded with Jelly Roll Morton (1939) and Sidney Bechet (1940), and was part of the Panassie sessions in 1938. From 1947, and throughout the 1950s, he performed almost exclusively with his brother, Wilbur. He suffered from ill health in the latter years of his life, before he died in September 1967, at the age of 62.
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• Name — Sidney De Paris • Born — 30 May 1905 • Birthplace — Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S. • Died — 13 September 1967 • Place of death — New York City • Genre — Jazz, swing, Dixeland • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Trumpet • Years Active — 1920–1960 • Label — Commodore, Blue Note • Past Member Of — Charlie Johnson, Don Redman, Wilbur de Paris
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1967
Sidney De Paris died in 1967 at New York City.
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Crawfordsville.
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• 1944 - Jimmy Ryan's & The Uptown Cafe Society (Commodore, 1980) - De Paris Brothers, Edmond Hall • 1944 - Jamming in Jazz (Blue Note, 1944) - Hall-De Paris • 1951 - Sidney Deparis' Blue Note Stompers (Blue Note, 1951) - 10" reissued as Deparis Dixie (Blue Note, 1944) • 1951 - Dixieland Hits Country & Western (Swingville, 1962) - Leonard Gaskin Dixielanders
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- 1.Colin Larkin. The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz. Guinness Publishing. 119. 1992. 0-85112-580-8.
- 2.Yanow, Scott. Sidney DeParis. AllMusic.
- 3.SIDNEY DE PARIS. Doctorjazz.co.uk.
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