Big Band in the Sky

Mike Longo was born in Cincinnati on March 19, 1937, and died Sunday, March 22, 2020, at Mount Sinai Hospital

A look back at their lives and careers will appear in the November-December issue of Jersey Jazz Magazine.

May 30, 1927, Denison, Texas — August 23, 2019, Los Angeles In the early 1950s, Bryant was playing trumpet and

September 20, 1941, Dallas — San Antonio, August 11, 2019

Cullum, a cornetist, bandleader, and educator, was dedicated to preserving the music of jazz’s early giants, such as Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, and Jelly Roll Morton. Never was that more apparent than on March 11, 2017, at the Sarasota Jazz Festival when he led a band for a concert divided into three segments celebrating the music of Armstrong, Beiderbecke, and Morton.