Bobby Bryant (May 19, 1934 – June 10, 1998) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.

Biography

Bryant was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and played saxophone in his youth. He moved to Chicago in 1952, where he studied at the Cosmopolitan School of Music until 1957. Remaining in the city until 1960, he played with Red Saunders, Billy Williams, and other ensembles. He relocated to New York City in 1960 and then Los Angeles in 1961, where he became a fixture on the West Coast jazz scene. He led his own groups in addition to playing with Vic Damone, Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Gerald Wilson, Frank Capp/Nat Pierce, and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. He also worked as a studio musician and a music educator. Perhaps his most famous solo was in the song "L-O-V-E" recorded with Nat King Cole in 1964. Bryant had sustained health problems in the 1990s which reduced his activity to part-time. He died in Los Angeles of a heart attack at the age of 64.

Discography

As leader

As arranger

With Gene Ammons With Peggy Lee

As sideman

With Brass Fever With Earth, Wind & Fire With Clare Fischer With Benny Golson With Eddie Harris With Richard "Groove" Holmes With Quincy Jones With Stan Kenton With B. B. King With Blue Mitchell With Oliver Nelson With Lalo Schifrin With Horace Silver With The Three Sounds With Gerald Wilson With Jimmy Witherspoon