Sidney DeParis
Sidney De Paris, born on May 30, 1905 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, was an
American jazz trumpeter. He began his career as a member of Charlie Johnson's
Paradise Ten from 1926 to 1931. De Paris went on to work with notable figures
such as Don Redman (1932–1936 and 1939), Zutty Singleton (1939–1941), Benny
Carter (1940–41), and Art Hodes (1941). He recorded with Jelly Roll Morton in
1939 and Sidney Bechet in 1940, and participated in the Panassie sessions in
1938. From 1947 through the 1950s, he performed almost exclusively with his
brother, Wilbur De Paris. Notable albums include J...
