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Isidore Barbarin

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Isidore Barbarin

Birth
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
12 Jun 1960 (aged 88)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
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New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Tomb # 218 - Right Side - St. Louis Alley - Barbarin Family Tomb
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Jazz Musician. He played trumpet and mellophone in the Excelsior and later the Onward Brass Band, which was one of the most renowned brass bands in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1900 until the end of World War I. He was also a driver of the horse-drawn buggies that undertakers used as hearses until automobiles arrived. Jazz legend Louis Armstrong referred to him as "Pops.
Jazz Musician. He played trumpet and mellophone in the Excelsior and later the Onward Brass Band, which was one of the most renowned brass bands in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1900 until the end of World War I. He was also a driver of the horse-drawn buggies that undertakers used as hearses until automobiles arrived. Jazz legend Louis Armstrong referred to him as "Pops.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Tom DeNardo
  • Added: Sep 7, 2004
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9431831/isidore-barbarin: accessed ), memorial page for Isidore Barbarin (24 Sep 1871–12 Jun 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9431831, citing Saint Louis Cemetery Number 1, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.