Big Band in the Sky

Clora Bryant, 92

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

Jim Cullum, Jr., 77

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.

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