Oscar Brashear

American trumpeter (1944–2023)

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Country: US
Active from: 1944-08-18
Active to: 2023-07-07

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Oscar Brashear Oscar Brashear (born August 18, 1944, Chicago, Illinois) is an American jazz trumpeter and session musician. After studying at DuSable High School he worked briefly with Woody Herman before going on to join Count Basie '68-9, returning to freelance in Chicago with Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon and James Moody. Moving to Los Angeles in 1971, he worked with Gerald Wilson, Harold Land, Oliver Nelson, Shelly Manne, Quincy Jones (with whom he toured in Japan), Horace Silver

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Instance of: human
Given name: Oscar
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Chicago
Occupation: jazz musician
Languages spoken: English language
Genre: jazz
Instrument: trumpet

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date of birth: 1944-08-18
date of death: 2023-07-07
name in native language: Oscar Brashear

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