[Dixielandjazz] John Brunious RIP

[David Richoux]

I was confused a bit too - trumpeter Wendell Brunious has been  
playing OKOM in N.O. (and a stint in Oakland, CA)  for quite some  
time - John was his brother. I don't know if he had been touring  
recently, but John and Wendell look quite a lot alike!

<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/19/ 
BAKLV4O37.DTL>  has more details.

Dave Richoux
On Feb 19, 2008, at 5:43 PM, Phil Pospychala wrote:

>
> 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  
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> Street Jazz Band> See our new CD, www.ringwald.com/recordings.htm>  
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