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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1927
- Active to
- 2019
jazz
Discography
- Gal With a Horn1957
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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
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bryant
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Denison
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Prairie View A&M University
- Genre
- jazz fusion
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Clora Bryant.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1927-05-30
- date of death
- 2019-08-25
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