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Rusty Bryant
Sign in to saveAmerican musician (1929–1991)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929
- Active to
- 1991
acid jazzjazzsoul jazz
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The muscular, groove-oriented tenor of Rusty Bryant was heard to best effect on his funky soul-jazz albums for Prestige in the late '60s and early '70s, though he'd actually been leading bands since the '50s. Born Royal G. Bryant in Huntington, WV, on November 25, 1929, he grew up in Columbus, OH, where he became an important part of the local jazz scene, playing a robust, wailing tenor sax inspired by the likes of Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt. He first worked as a sideman with Tiny Grimes and S
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bryant
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Columbus
- Place of death
- Columbus
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Dot Records
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- date of birth
- 1929-11-25
- date of death
- 1991-03-25
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