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
De Paris at Jimmy Ryan's club, New York City, 1947
De Paris at Jimmy Ryan's club, New York City, 1947
Background information
Born(1905-05-30)May 30, 1905
Crawfordsville, Indiana, U.S.
DiedSeptember 13, 1967(1967-09-13) (aged 62)
New York City
GenresJazz, swing, Dixeland
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrumpet
Years active1920–1960
LabelsCommodore, Blue Note
Formerly ofCharlie Johnson, Don Redman, 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).[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

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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

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Sidney DeParis". AllMusic. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "SIDNEY DE PARIS". Doctorjazz.co.uk. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
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