Bobby Bryant (musician)

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Bobby Bryant
Born(1934-05-19)May 19, 1934
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
United States
DiedJune 10, 1998(1998-06-10) (aged 64)
Los Angeles, California
United States
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Trumpet, flugelhorn
LabelsChess, Cadet, World Pacific Jazz

Bobby Bryant (May 19, 1934 – June 10, 1998) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.

Biography

Bryant was born in

Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. He also worked as a studio musician and a music educator.[1]

Perhaps his most famous solo was in the song "L.O.V.E" recorded with Nat King Cole in 1964.

Bryant had sustained health problems in the 1990s which reduced his activity to part-time. He died in Los Angeles of a heart attack at the age of 64.[2]

Discography

As leader

  • Big Band Blues (Vee-Jay, 1961 [1974])
  • Ain't Doing Too B-A-D, Bad (Cadet, 1967)
  • Earth Dance (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
  • The Jazz Excursion into "Hair" (Pacific Jazz, 1969)
  • Swahili Strut (Cadet, 1971)

As arranger

With Gene Ammons

With Peggy Lee

As sideman

With Brass Fever

With Earth, Wind & Fire

  • I Am (Columbia, 1979)

With Clare Fischer

With Benny Golson

With Eddie Harris

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

With Quincy Jones

With Stan Kenton

With B. B. King

With Blue Mitchell

With Oliver Nelson

With Lalo Schifrin

With Horace Silver

With

The Three Sounds

With Gerald Wilson

With Jimmy Witherspoon

References

  1. Rovi Corporation
    . Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. ^ Kohlhaase, Bill (26 June 1998). "Jazz Artists, Students to Share Festival Bill". Los Angeles Times.