# Merritt Brunies

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**Merritt Brunies** (December 25, 1895 - February 5, 1973), was an American [jazz](/source/Jazz) trombonist and [cornetist](/source/Cornet).

Brunies was born into a well-known musical family in [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana); among its members were [George Brunies](/source/George_Brunies) and [Albert Brunies](/source/Albert_Brunies). Merritt led his own band, The Original New Orleans Jazz Band, from 1916 to 1918; this ensemble did not record, but it existed before both [Jimmy Durante](/source/Jimmy_Durante)'s New Orleans Jazz Band and the [Original Dixieland Jazz Band](/source/Original_Dixieland_Jazz_Band) (the latter formed shortly afterward in 1916). Following this, he formed another group which played at Friar's Inn in Chicago directly after the stint by the [New Orleans Rhythm Kings](/source/New_Orleans_Rhythm_Kings).[1] He played regularly in New Orleans in the 1930s, and moved to Mississippi in 1946, where he played with his brothers in a [Dixieland jazz](/source/Dixieland_jazz) band until his retirement. He died in [Biloxi, Mississippi](/source/Biloxi,_Mississippi).

## References

1. ["Merritt Brunies and his Friars Inn Orchestra"](https://syncopatedtimes.com/merritt-brunies-and-his-friars-inn-orchestra/). *Red Hot Jazz Archive*. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

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