PAT BARBEROT ORCHESTRA

Pat Barberot was an American band leader. He was the founder and leader of New Orleans' longest running big band, the Pat Barberot Orchestra. From 1940 until his death in 2007, Pat Barberot, known as "The Glenn Miller" of New Orleans, was a staple of New Orleans nightlife, performing his own arrangements of classic, big band tunes when supper clubs like the Blue Room, the Safari Club, and the Bali Hai dotted the New Orleans area. Their popularity was such that the PBO had its own weekly live radio broadcast. Barberot's band, with his saxophone out front, performed his own arrangements of classics including the big band composers Glenn Miller, Stan Kenton, Louis Prima, and Sy Oliver... In 1970, Barberot realized that venues for big band music were fading away, so he opened his own club, The Jefferson Orleans North located in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie. There they continued to play and survive with their weekly concerts for over 35 years. But they virtually disappeared from..

Primary location: New Orleans United States