Clora Bryant [SEP] place of birth
Clora Bryant
Clora Bryant (born May 30, 1927) is an American jazz trumpeter. She performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and was a member of the Sweethearts of Rhythm.
Career.
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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- Central Avenue Sounds: Clora Bryant. Interviewed by Stephen L. Isoardi, Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Interview with Clora Bryant, part of Central Avenue Sounds Oral History Project, Center for Oral History Research, UCLA Library Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Clora Bryant Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2003)