Wilbur De Paris
Wilbur de Paris (January 11, 1900 – January 3, 1973) was a trombone player and band leader known for mixing Dixieland jazz with swing. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 11, 1900 (Crawfordsville), Died January 3, 1973
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1958
Roles Represented in DAHR: trombone
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-59504 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | Each day | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BVE-59505 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | If someone would only love me | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BVE-59506 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | That'll never do | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BVE-59507 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | I'm looking for a little blue bird | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BVE-59532 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | Little Lawrence | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BVE-59533 | 10-in. | 3/19/1930 | Harmony blues | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BVE-59643 | 10-in. | 3/20/1930 | Fussy Mabel | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BVE-59644 | 10-in. | 3/20/1930 | Ponchatrain | Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D5VB-0949 | 10-in. | 11/26/1945 | I'm just a lucky so-and-so | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Al Hibbler | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D5VB-0951 | 10-in. | 11/26/1945 | The wonder of you | Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Joya Sherrill | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D6VB-2093 | 10-in. | 7/9/1946 | Rockabye river | Duke Ellington Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D6VB-2095 | 10-in. | 7/9/1946 | Transblucency (a blue fog that you can almost see through) | Duke Ellington Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D6VB-2096 | 10-in. | 7/9/1946 | Just squeeze me (but don't tease me) | Duke Ellington Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D6VB-2113 | 10-in. | 8/26/1946 | Back home again in Indiana | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Piano solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D6VB-2114 | 10-in. | 8/26/1946 | Blue is the night | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Piano solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D6VB-2115 | 10-in. | 8/26/1946 | Lover man (Oh, where can you be?) | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with piano and female vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D6VB-2116 | 10-in. | 8/26/1946 | Just you, just me | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Piano solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D6VB-2117 | 10-in. | 8/26/1946 | Beale Street blues | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Piano solo, with jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D6VB-2130 | 10-in. | 9/3/1946 | Swamp fire | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D6VB-2131 | 10-in. | 9/3/1946 | Royal garden blues | Duke Ellington Orchestra ; Duke Ellington | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7VB-3069 | 10-in. | 12/29/1947 | Teach me, teach me, baby | Hall Sisters | Female vocal trio, with jazz septet | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7VB-3070 | 10-in. | 12/29/1947 | Money, money, money | Hall Sisters | Female vocal trio, with jazz septet | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7VB-3071 | 10-in. | 12/29/1947 | Hard times blues | Hall Sisters | Female vocal trio, with jazz septet | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7VB-3072 | 10-in. | 12/29/1947 | A man could be a wonderful thing | Hall Sisters | Female vocal trio, with jazz septet | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Decca | 64907 | 10-in. | 1/18/1939 | Jeepers creepers | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 64908 | 10-in. | 1/18/1939 | What is this thing called swing? | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65344 | 10-in. | 4/5/1939 | Hear me talkin' to ya | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65345 | 10-in. | 4/5/1939 | Save it pretty Mama | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65346 | 10-in. | 4/5/1939 | West End blues | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65347 | 10-in. | 4/5/1939 | Savoy blues | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65460 | 10-in. | 4/25/1939 | (I'm) Confessin' (that I love you) | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65461 | 10-in. | 4/25/1939 | Our Monday date | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65462 | 10-in. | 4/25/1939 | If it's good then I want it | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65463 | 10-in. | 4/25/1939 | Me and Brother Bill | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65824 | 10-in. | 6/15/1939 | Baby, won't you please come home? | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65825 | 10-in. | 6/15/1939 | Poor old Joe | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 65826 | 10-in. | 6/15/1939 | Shanty boat on the Mississippi | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66984 | 10-in. | 12/18/1939 | Poor old Joe | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66985 | 10-in. | 12/18/1939 | You're a lucky guy | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66986 | 10-in. | 12/18/1939 | You're just a no account | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 66987 | 10-in. | 12/18/1939 | Bye and bye | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67321 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | Hep cat's ball | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67322 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | You've got me voodoo'd | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67323 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | Harlem stomp | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67324 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | Wolverine blues | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67325 | 10-in. | 3/14/1940 | Lazy 'sippi steamer | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67648 | 10-in. | 5/1/1940 | Sweethearts on parade | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67649 | 10-in. | 5/1/1940 | You run your mouth, I'll run my business | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67650 | 10-in. | 5/1/1940 | Cut off my legs and call me Shorty | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 67651 | 10-in. | 5/1/1940 | Cain and Abel | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 72430 | 10-in. | 10/13/1944 | Fish market | Roy Eldridge Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 72431 | 10-in. | 10/13/1944 | Twilight time | Roy Eldridge Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 72432 | 10/13/1944 | St. Louis blues | Roy Eldridge Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 105428 | 8/6/1958 | Blues for the street-1 | Tony Scott and the All Stars | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 105429 | 8/6/1958 | [Unknown title(s)] | Tony Scott and the All Stars | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 105430 | 8/6/1958 | [Unknown title(s)] | Tony Scott and the All Stars | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 105431 | 8/6/1958 | Love is just around the corner | Tony Scott and the All Stars | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 105432? | 8/6/1958 | [Unknown title(s)] | Tony Scott and the All Stars | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | DLA 1132 | 10-in. | 1/12/1938 | Satchel mouth swing | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | DLA 1133 | 10-in. | 1/12/1938 | Jubilee | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | DLA 1134 | 10-in. | 1/12/1938 | Struttin' with some barbecue | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | DLA 1135 | 10-in. | 1/12/1938 | The trumpet player's lament | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "De Paris, Wilbur," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106325.
De Paris, Wilbur. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106325.
"De Paris, Wilbur." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Wikipedia: Wilbur de Paris
Discogs: Wilbur De Paris
Allmusic: Wilbur De Paris
Grove: Wilbur De Paris
IMDb: Wilbur De Paris
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: De Paris, Wilbur - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91048667
Wikidata: Wilbur de Paris - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q362737
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/97145857811623020055
MusicBrainz: Wilbur de Paris - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/327ad3f8-a453-45ed-a5d1-4a9398d6fca8
Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license
Feedback
Send the Editors a message about this record.