Paul Barnes

Paul Barnes may a perfect example of the horn player with an oral fixation, descrbied by old-timers with vivid memories as a child that always had a toy fife in his mouth. At 18 he was playing gigs on alto sax, beginning with the band of Kid Rena and then starting up his own sparkling Diamond Brass Band. As the '20s started up, Barnes joined the well-dressed Young Tuxedo Orchestra but continued to ...more