Wilbur De Paris
Born on January 11, 1900, in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Wilbur de Paris was a
trombone player associated with Dixieland jazz and swing music. He and his
brother Sidney de Paris, Jr. were taught to play music by their musician father
Sidney de Paris, Sr. Wilbur de Paris began his professional career in 1919 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania playing saxophone in a small combo. While visiting
New Orleans, Louisiana, he played with Louis Armstrong, but he spent most of the
1920s as a bandleader, performing in Philadelphia and New York. Moving from
saxophone to trombone, he also performed w...
