[Dixielandjazz] FW: Bill Berry, 72; Band Leader, Duke Ellington's Trumpeter

[Stan Brager]

The Los Angeles Times has finally printed an obituary of Ellington 
trumpeter Bill Berry. The following will lead you to the LA Times online 
site and the obituary.

Stan
Stan Brager
Southern California DES

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Bill Berry, 72; Band Leader, Duke Ellington's Trumpeter
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By Dennis McLellan
Times Staff Writer

November 20 2002

Bill Berry, a renowned jazz cornetist and trumpet player who played with 
the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the 1960s and later formed Bill Berry and 
the L.A. Band, one of the West Coast's leading big band ensembles, has 
died. He was 72.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/la-me-berry20nov20,0,515733.story

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