Lionel Ferbos

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Lionel Charles Ferbos (born 17 July 1911) is a New Orleans jazz trumpeter.

Of slight sickly build in his childhood, his family denied his desire to play trumpet early in his youth. When he saw a petit woman trumpet player with Phil Spitalny's All Girl Orchestra, he insisted he should be able play trumpet. He learned to play music professionally in addition to a day job metalworking. He played in the "Mighty Four" band with Harold Dejan.

In the jazz revival he joined the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra and played in the "One Mo' Time" show. He became a regular at the Palm Court Jazz Cafe, where he continues to play as of May 2007, the oldest still active New Orleans jazz musician.