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* December 25 1895 New Orleans, LA
† February 5 1973 Biloxi,
MS
As a brass band musician he played with:
John Fischer's,
Reliance Brass Band
Member of legendary New Orleans musical family. Merritt Brunies played
cornet, trombone and was a traditional jazz bandleader in New Orleans and
Chicago from 1916 - 1918, and headed a grroup called The Original New
Orleans Jazz Band. This group did not record, but it predated Jimmy
Durante's New Orleans Jazz Band which was formed in New York in 1918, and
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, which played in Chicago in 1916 and
became the first group to record in 1917. After his first group disbanded,
Brunies played cornet and led the ensemble that replaced The New Orleans
Rhythm Kings at Friar's Inn in Chicago. He returned to New Orleans in 1930
and played in various clubs. Brunies relocated to Mississippi in 1946, and
played in The Brunies Brothers Dixieland Jazz Band for the rest of his
career.
Source: All Music Guide
www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/artist/artist.cgi?ARTISTID=600555&TMPL=LONG#bio
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