Born in Spartanburg, SC and the brother of saxophonist, Red Prysock; he moved to Hartford, CT as a teenager where he sang in several small bands; as a singer (baritone), his breakthrough came in 1964…
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Person, Houston (b. 1934)
March 22, 2010 – 10:53 pm
Born in Florence, SC; tenor saxophonist, producer and recording artist who began studies on the piano; studied at South Carolina State College (now South Carolina State University) where he was inducted into the University’s Hall of Fame in 1999…
Perry, Ermitt [Ermet] (b. 1910)
March 22, 2010 – 10:50 pm
Born in Jacksonville, FL; resident of the Jenkins Orphanage from 1921-1926; lead trumpeter; worked with Bubber Applewhite and his Florida Troubadours…
Pearson, “Skipp” Thales Thomas
March 22, 2010 – 10:45 pm
Born in Orangeburg, SC and graduated with a degree in music from Claflin University; worked as a band director|music teacher South Carolina (Bamberg and Clarendon counties) for 24 years…
Ott, Horace (b. 1953)
March 22, 2010 – 10:41 pm
A South Carolina native, Ott is a pianist, arranger, and conductor who resides in the New York-New Jersey vicinity; he has arranged and recorded with King Curtis, Gil Scott-Heron…
Mouzon, Alphonse (b. 1948)
March 22, 2010 – 10:33 pm
Charlestonian and multi-instrumentalist; received early musical training with Lonnie Hamilton, III of Charleston and later studied drums with Bobby Thomas…
Morant, “Joey” Joseph
March 22, 2010 – 10:23 pm
Charlestonian and brass instrumentalist; quintessential player from the Jenkins Orphanage band tradition of the 1950s; trumpeter with Harlem Blues and Jazz Band…
Minger, Pete (? – 2000)
March 22, 2010 – 10:20 pm
Orangeburg, SC native; bop-based trumpeter and flügelhornist who attended Tennessee State University and Berklee School of Music; spent ten years with the Count Basie Orchestra…
Miley, Bubber (1903-1932)
March 22, 2010 – 10:12 pm
Born in Aiken, SC; trumpeter; Miley came to New York at age six and began studying trombone and trumpet; duing his service in the Navy, he toured with Mamie Smith (1920), played with Elmer Snowden’s Washingtonians…
Mikell, Francis Eugene, Sr. (1880-1932)
March 22, 2010 – 10:08 pm
Charlestonian and multi-instrumentalist; graduated from Avery Normal Institute, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, and South Carolina State College at Orangeburg…
