Merritt Brunies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMerritt Brunies
American musician
Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1895
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Date of Death: 05-Feb-1973
Profession: jazz musician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About 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 led his own band, The Original New Orleans Jazz Band, from 1916 to 1918; this ensemble did not record, but it existed before both Jimmy Durante's New Orleans Jazz Band and the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (the latter formed shortly afterward in 1916).
- Following this, he formed another group which played at Friar's Inn in Chicago directly after the stint by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.
- He played regularly in New Orleans in the 1930s, and moved to Mississippi in 1946, where he played with his brothers in a Dixieland jazz band until his retirement.
- He died in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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