• Source: Leon Merian

      • Leon Merian (17 September 1923 – 15 August 2007) was an American jazz trumpeter and teacher. Dizzy Gillespie described his playing as "one of the most beautiful sounds you'll ever hear". Merian was also a French teacher and public school administrator.


      Life


      He was born Leon Megerdichian in South Braintree, Massachusetts, on 17 September 1923, to Armenian immigrant parents.
      Merian learned trumpet from Georges Mager.
      He was a member of Lucky Millinder's band when it toured the segregated south; he was not welcome at either "white" or "colored" establishments, and ended up sleeping on the tour bus.
      Merian moved to 20th Century Fox Records in November 1958.
      He later had his own band; one member of it was Herb Phillips.
      His publications included the well known Trumpet Isometrics. He published an autobiography in 2000.
      Merian died on 15 August 2007, in Sarasota, Florida.


      Discography




      = As leader

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      The Magic Horn (Decca)


      = As sideman

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      Specs Powell, Movin' In (Roulette, 1957)
      Tito Puente, The Essential Tito Puente (RCA, 2005)
      Pete Rugolo, Rugolomania (Columbia, 1955)


      Lucky Millinder Orchestra


      With the Lucky Millinder Orchestra:


      Gladys Bruce


      With Gladys Bruce:


      Alan Freed Rock 'n' Roll Band




      Bibliography


      Trumpet Isometrics
      Leon Merian, The Man Behind The Horn, Leon Merian with Bill Bridges, Diem Publishing Co, Bradenton, Florida, 2000, 287 pp.


      References




      External links


      Obituary

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