[Dixielandjazz] John Brunious RIP

[Phil Pospychala]

Is this the trumpet guy I saw with the Preservation Hall band a couple of weeks ago in Stevens Point, WI?  Full house in the Sentry Insurance building auditorium.  +718 people.  I went there to hawk my Tribute to Bix fest.  Took 8 hours to get home because of a late night snowfall.> From: robert at ringwald.com> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:26:44 -0800> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] John Brunious RIP> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com> To: bixguy at hotmail.com> > John Brunious, 67; trumpeter led New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jazz Band> >From the Associated Press> February 16, 2008> > Trumpeter John Brunious, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's leader and the> senior> member of the New Orleans ensemble, died Tuesday after an apparent heart> attack in> Orlando, Fla., where he had been living since Hurricane Katrina. He was 67.> > A native of New Orleans who had a striking physical presence with a full> head of> white hair and a white mustache, Brunious began his career at the famous> French Quarter> music spot in 1987.> > "His was one of the old musical New Orleans families," said Michael White, a> music> historian and professor at Xavier University. "They went back to early days> of jazz.> He carried on that kind of tradition."> Dressed in the traditional white shirt and black pants of old-school New> Orleans> jazz bands, Brunious carried on the heritage of jazz funerals. He played the> slow,> somber music that marks the march to the cemetery and the high-spirited,> upbeat tunes> that symbolize the cutting loose of the spirit of the deceased.> > Born in 1940, he learned traditional jazz as a child from his father, John> Brunious> Sr., a trumpet and piano player who arranged music for Count Basie, Cab> Calloway> and others.> > >From traditional jazz, Brunious then focused on bebop and rhythm and blues> as a young> man.> "He was one of a generation of musicians that saw and participated in many> different> styles of music," White said. "He grew up in an era when it was still in> style to> learn traditional jazz, but he went on from there. At one point he was the> band leader> with Little Richard."> > Katrina flooded Brunious' apartment to the ceiling in August 2005.> He was rescued by a passing boat but was among the thousands stranded> without food> or water at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. He stayed there for five> days> before being evacuated.> > Brunious lost all six of his trumpets to the flood but resumed touring with> the Preservation> Hall band.> > In May 2006, the Tipitina's Foundation, which promotes preservation of> traditional> New Orleans music, gave Brunious a new silver-plated Conn trumpet.> > He is survived by his wife, Terri; a son, John; two stepdaughters; three> brothers;> four sisters; and a granddaughter.> > A memorial service is planned for Feb. 23 at Preservation Hall.> > > --Bob Ringwald K6YBV> 530/642-9551> 916/806-9551 Cell> www.ringwald.com> Fulton Street Jazz Band> See our new CD, www.ringwald.com/recordings.htm> > "I can resist everything except temptation." --Oscar Wilde, 1854 - 1900> > > _______________________________________________> To unsubscribe or change your e-mail preferences for the Dixieland Jazz Mailing list, or to find the online archives, please visit:> > http://ml.islandnet.com/mailman/listinfo/dixielandjazz> > > > Dixielandjazz mailing list> Dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
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