Lucien Barbarin

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lucien Barbarin

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Img_capt = Lucien Barbarin signing autographs at the Sydney Opera House after appearing with Harry Connick, Jr.
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born = birth date and age|1956|07|17
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died =
Origin =
Instrument = Trombone
Genre = Jazz

Lucien Barbarin is an American trombone player, born July 17, 1956, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Barbarin tours internationally with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and with Harry Connick, Jr.

He made his debut at age six, playing drums in the "Onward Brass Band", with his great-uncle Paul Barbarin [http://www.lucienbarbarin.com/history.php] , and has played with: Harry Connick Jr., Dr. Michael White, Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Doc Cheatham, Lionel Hampton.

While in New Orleans he performs locally and helps raise his five children. Comment from Barbarin, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005: "I'm not running from New Orleans," said Lucien Barbarin, who suffered severe damage to his home. "I'm going to stay because I was born and raised there and I'm going to pass away there. We name drinks after hurricanes. We should be used to this."

Discography

* "It's Good to be Home", independent, 2007
* "Little Becomes Much: Jazz at the Palm Court Vol. 3", Lucien Barbarin & the Palm Court Swingsters, G.H.B. Records, 2000
* "Trombone Tradition", Lucien Barbarin with Henry Chaix Trio, Jazz Connaisseur, 1989

Barbarin also appears as a "sideman" on:
*2007 "Oh, My NOLA" - Harry Connick Jr.
*2007 "" - Harry Connick Jr.
*2004 "Unforgivable Blackness" - Wynton Marsalis
*2004 "Dancing In The Sky" - Dr. Michael White
*2003 "The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration" - The Marsalis Family
*2003 "Shake That Thing" - Preservation Hall Jazz Band
*2003 "Harry for the Holidays" - Harry Connick Jr.
*2002 "Jazz From the Soul of New Orleans" - Dr. Michael White
*2002 "My One and Only Love" - Topsy Chapman And The Pro's
*2001 "Songs I Heard" - Harry Connick Jr.
*2000 "Song for George Lewis" - Dr. Michael White
*1999 "Mr. Jelly Lord" - Wynton Marsalis
*1999 "Come By Me" - Harry Connick Jr.
*1997 "Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton" - Doc Cheatham & Nicholas Payton
*1995 "Star Turtle" - Harry Connick Jr.
*1994 "Mo' Cream from the Crop" - Leroy Jones
*1993 "When My Heart Finds Christmas" - Harry Connick Jr.
*1992 "World on a String" - Kermit Ruffins
*1991 "Blue Light, Red Light" - Harry Connick Jr.
*1976 "Hurricane Jazz Band" - Hurricane Jazz Band

Filmography

*2004 "" (PBS) - Harry Connick Jr.
*2003 "Harry for the Holidays" (NBC) - Harry Connick Jr.
*2003 "The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration" (PBS) - The Marsalis Family
*2000 "Armstrong -- When the Saints Go Marching In" (PBS) - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guests
*1994 "The Harry Connick Jr. Christmas Special" (video) - Harry Connick Jr.
*1993 "The Harry Connick Jr. Christmas Special" (CBS) - Harry Connick Jr.
*1993 "The New York Big Band Concert" (Video) - Harry Connick Jr.

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/lucienbarbarinsr Lucien Barbarin on MySpace]
* [http://LucienBarbarin.com Lucien Barbarin, official website] (last update: 2005)