Bobby Bryant (musician)

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|05|19}}

| birth_place = Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|06|10|1934|05|19}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

| genre = Jazz

| occupation = Musician

| instrument = Trumpet, flugelhorn

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| label = Chess, Cadet, World Pacific Jazz

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Bobby Bryant (May 19, 1934 – June 10, 1998) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.

Biography

Bryant was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and played saxophone in his youth. He moved to Chicago in 1952, where he studied at the Cosmopolitan School of Music until 1957. Remaining in the city until 1960, he played with Red Saunders, Billy Williams, and other ensembles. He relocated to New York City in 1960 and then Los Angeles in 1961, where he became a fixture on the West Coast jazz scene. He led his own groups in addition to playing with Vic Damone, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Gerald Wilson, Frank Capp/Nat Pierce, and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. He also worked as a studio musician and a music educator.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p8172 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Bobby Bryant Biography |first=Scott |last=Yanow |authorlink=Scott Yanow |website=AllMusic |access-date=9 July 2013}}

Perhaps his most famous solo was in the song "L-O-V-E" recorded with Nat King Cole in 1964.{{cite AV media notes |title=L-O-V-E |type=LP liner notes |others=Nat King Cole |publisher=Capitol Records |year=1965 |id=ST 2195}}{{cite web |last=Chilton |first=Martin |title=Best Nat King Cole Songs: 20 Unforgettable Tracks |website=uDiscover Music |date=March 17, 2024 |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/best-nat-king-cole-songs/ |access-date=August 28, 2024}}

Bryant had sustained health problems in the 1990s which reduced his activity to part-time. He died in Los Angeles of a heart attack at the age of 64.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jun-26-ca-63624-story.html |title=Jazz Artists, Students to Share Festival Bill |first=Bill |last=Kohlhaase |authorlink=Bill Kohlhaase |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=26 June 1998}}