Albert "Abbie" Brunies (January 19, 1900 - October 2, 1978) was an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
cornet
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ist.
Brunies came from a famous
musical family, which counted among its members
George Brunies
George Clarence Brunies (February 6, 1902 – November 19, 1974), Georg Brunis, was an American jazz trombonist, who was part of the dixieland revival. He was known as "The King of the Tailgate Trombone".Stetler, Susan L. (editor) (1987), "Br ...
and
Merritt Brunies
Merritt Brunies (December 25, 1895 - February 5, 1973), was an American jazz trombonist and cornetist.
Brunies was born into a well-known musical family in New Orleans, Louisiana; among its members were George Brunies and Albert Brunies. Merritt ...
. Brunies was the leader of the Halfway House Orchestra from 1919 to about 1927, playing at the Halfway House club in New Orleans. This ensemble recorded for
Okeh Records
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in 1925. Among the musicians who played in this group were
New Orleans Rhythm Kings
The New Orleans Rhythm Kings (NORK) were one of the most influential jazz bands of the early to mid-1920s. The band included New Orleans and Chicago musicians who helped shape Chicago jazz and influenced many younger jazz musicians.
History
The ...
members
Charlie Cordella,
Mickey Marcour,
Leon Rappolo,
Sidney Arodin
Sidney Arnandan or Arnondrin or Arnondin, better known as Sidney Arodin (March 29, 1901, Westwego, Louisiana - February 6, 1948, New Orleans) was an American jazz clarinetist and songwriter, best known for co-writing the pop standard " Lazy River" ...
,
Bill Eastwood,
Joe Loyacano and
Leo Adde
Leon "Leo" Adde (April 21, 1904 – March 1, 1942) was an American jazz drummer.
Career
Adde began by playing the cigar box on percussion, and played as a duo with Raymond Burke (clarinetist), Raymond Burke on the streets of New Orleans in the ...
. He played in New Orleans into the mid-1940s, after which time he moved to
Biloxi
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,
Mississippi
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. There he played with Merritt in the Brunie Brothers Dixieland Jazz Band. This ensemble recorded sparsely.
References
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Albert Bruniesat
Allmusic
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1900 births
1978 deaths
American jazz cornetists
Jazz musicians from New Orleans
20th-century American musicians