John Brunious, 67, Louisiana Trumpeter, Is Dead
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John Brunious, 67, Louisiana Trumpeter, Is Dead
By NATE CHINEN
Published: February 18, 2008
John Brunious, a jazz trumpeter who devoted his career to the music of his native New Orleans, leading the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for more than a dozen years, died on Tuesday in Casselberry, Fla. He was 67 and had lived in Casselberry, outside Orlando, since being displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The cause was still being determined, said Lee Frank, the band’s manager.
Mr. Brunious cut a dignified but spirited figure at Preservation Hall, the antique-jazz stronghold in the French Quarter: he could usually be found playing and singing traditional fare to the tourists who flocked there. He had a bright, clear sound on trumpet and a casually appealing vocal style.