tr, voc, *1954 US, New Orleans
Musician of Jazz
Wendell Brunious (b. October 27, 1954, New Orleans) is an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.Born on October 27, 1954, Wendell Brunious was born into a Louisiana Creole family, the son of Nazimova "Chinee" Santiago and John "Picket" Brunious, Sr. who was a trumpeter who studied at Juilliard, played with the Onward Brass Band, Young Tuxedo Brass Band, and Paul Barbarin, and arranged for Billy Eckstine and Cab Calloway. Brunious' brother was John Brunious, Jr., another notable New Orleans jazz trumpeter and a predecessor as bandleader of Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and his nephew is Mark Braud, a successor as bandleader of Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Decatur Street Stomp | Fessor's Funky New Orleanians With Wendell Brunious | 1998 | Album |
Panama! | Chris Barber & Wendell Brunious | 1991 | Album |
Walkin' | Caledonia Jazzband, Wendell Brunious | 1987 | Album |
In The Tradition | Wendell Brunious | 1986 | Album |
Moods of New Orleans | Caledonia Jazzband, Wendell Brunious | 1985 | Album |
Wendell Brunious On Tour | Wendell Brunious With Pierre Claessens, Norbert Detaeye And The New Orleans Roof Jazzmen | Album |
Wendell Brunious And His Band |