Louis Barbarin Louis Barbarin ( 1902 - 1997 ) was a New Orleans Jazz drummer . Louis was the younger brother of Paul Barbarin . He spent most of his life playing in his home town of New Orleans , never achieving the fame of his brother , but many of his fellow musicians considered him equal or better as a drummer than Paul . He worked with bands of Armand J. Piron , Papa Celestin , Papa French , Preservation Hall , and others until he retired in the mid 1980s due to hearing problems . This jazz -related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Jazz stubs | 1902 births | 1997 deaths | African American musicians | Jazz drummers | American jazz musicians | Louisiana Creoles | Musicians of New Orleans 