Clora Bryant

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Clora Bryant (May 30, 1927 - August 23, 2019) was an American jazz trumpeter and singer. She performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and was a member of the Sweethearts of Rhythm. As a child, Bryant was a member of the choir in a Baptist church. When her brother Fred joined the military, he left his trumpet, which she learned how to play. In high school she played trumpet in the marching band. She turned down scholarships from Oberlin Conservatory and Bennett College to attend Prairie View College in Houston, where she was a member of the Prairie View Coeds jazz band. The band toured in Texas and performed at the Apollo Theater in New York City in 1944. Her father got a job in Los Angeles, and she transferred to UCLA. Bryant heard bebop for the first time on Central Avenue. She became a member of the Sweethearts of Rhythm, a female jazz band, and dropped out of school. Dizzy Gillespie became her mentor and provided her with work. She joined the black female jazz band the Queens of Swing as a drummer, and went on tour with the band. In 1948 Bryant married Joe Stone, a bassist who played with R&B bands. They started a family, and she continued to perform while pregnant and as a young mother. In 1951 she worked in Los Angeles as a trumpeter for Josephine Baker and Billie Holiday. Two years later she moved to New York City. The Queens of Swing performed on television in 1951 as The Hollywood Sepia Tones in a half-hour variety program. They were the first women's jaz

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...Gal With A Horn

Gal With A Horn

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Sweet Georgia Brown

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Slow Food Music -V.S.O.P Jazz-

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S'posin'

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Gal With a Horn: Clora Bryant / 4

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Clora Bryant - Plays and Sings - Complete Recordings 1957 - 1960

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Gal With A Horn (Remastered)

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"Gal With A Horn"

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Jazz Ladies 1924-1962

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Jazz Ladies 1924-1962 (All Girls Bands)

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Clora Bryant

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