JAZZ GREAT PAULIN DEAD AT 100
New Orleans jazz great ERNEST ‘DOC’ PAULIN died last week (20Nov07) at his daughter’s home in Louisiana. He was 100.
The trumpeter is believed to be New Orleans’ oldest traditional jazz musician and performer.
He first started playing in public in the 1920s and went on to form Doc Paulin’s Brass Band.
Paulin fathered 10 sons and three daughters; all are musicians steeped in the New Orleans jazz and big band culture.
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