Paul Barbarin Paul Barbarin was a New Orleans jazz drummer , usually regarded ( along with Baby Dodds ) as one of the very best of the pre- Big Band era jazz drummers . Paul Barbarin 's year of birth is often given as 1901 , but his brother Louis Barbarin ( born 1902 ) said he was quite sure that Paul was several years older than him , and Paul Barbarin simply refused to answer the year of his birth in an interview at Tulane 's Jazz Archives . From the late 1910s on , Barbarin divided his time between Chicago , New York City and New Orleans , and touring with such bands as those of Joe `` King '' Oliver , Luis Russell , Louis Armstrong , and Henry Red Allen . From the 1950s on he usually led his own band . Barbarin was an accomplished and knowledgeable musician , a member of ASCAP , and the composer of a number of pop tunes and Dixieland standards , including Come Back Sweet Papa , Do n't Forget To Mess Around ( When You 're Doing The Charleston ) , Bourbon Street Parade , and ( Paul Barbarin's ) Second Line . Paul Barbarin died on February 17 , 1966 while playing a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade . Categories : 1966 deaths | African American musicians | American jazz musicians | Jazz drummers | Jazz songwriters | Louisiana Creoles | Musicians of New Orleans In other languages : Français 