Henry Brunies

Henry "Henny" Brunies (* 1891 in New Orleans ; † 1932 ibid) was an American jazz trombonist of early New Orleans jazz and member of a well-known family of jazz musicians.

Henny Brunies was the second eldest brother of the Brunies family of jazz musicians, other well-known representatives were Merritt Brunies , George Brunies , Abbie Brunies (see George Brunies article on the family). He played in the family band and with dad Jack Laine (baritone horn and trombone) and founded the New Orleans Jazzin Babies with his brother Merritt in New Orleans around 1918/19 , before moving to Chicago with his brother Merritt in the early 1920s. There they were the successors of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings at the Friar's Inn (where George Brunies played) and recorded in 1926 for Okeh Records . Soon after, he was back in New Orleans.

He also composed. He is also sometimes referred to as Harry Brunies in discographies and liner notes.

After George Brunies, who saw him as a role model and described him as the world's best trombone player, who invented many of the tricks later used by jazz trombonists, he only learned to read music shortly before his death, which is why George Brunies did not even start out of superstition.

Both he and his brother Merritt left scrapbooks that have been preserved in the family.

For the discography see the article Merritt Brunies .

Web links

Eugene Chadbourne, Allmusic Guide

Individual evidence

↑ Life data according to Kernfeld, New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Macmillan 1988
^ According to Kernfeld, New Grove Dictionary, he was in Chicago from 1923 to 1926 and toured California
^ The Jazz Archivist, Volume 5, 1990, No. 1/2, Hogan Jazz Archive Tulane University, pdf , they refer to a recorded interview with Georg Brunis in 1958. In the same issue a photo of the New Orleans Jazz Babies with Henry and Merritt Brunies, Harry Burke, Curly Lizana, Jules Cassard 1919.

personal data
SURNAME	Brunies, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brunies, Henny (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz trombonist
DATE OF BIRTH	1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH	1932
Place of death	New Orleans

[1] Life data according to Kernfeld, New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Macmillan 1988

[2] According to Kernfeld, New Grove Dictionary, he was in Chicago from 1923 to 1926 and toured California

[3] The Jazz Archivist, Volume 5, 1990, No. 1/2, Hogan Jazz Archive Tulane University, pdf , they refer to a recorded interview with Georg Brunis in 1958. In the same issue a photo of the New Orleans Jazz Babies with Henry and Merritt Brunies, Harry Burke, Curly Lizana, Jules Cassard 1919.