Georg Brunis

Another member of the famous New Orleans Brunies family, though he shortened the spelling of his name on the advice of a numerologist, Georg Brunis played alto horn in a family trio as an eight-year-old, and also with Papa Jack Laine's Reliance Brass Band. He switched to trombone at age ten, then moved to Chicago in 1920, where he played in <a href="spotify:artist:0TsYQ2O9nDko9XpgcMwF4z">Paul Mares</a>' band. He later joined <a href="spotify:artist:0TsYQ2O9nDko9XpgcMwF4z">Mares</a>' Friars Society Orchestra, which eventually became <a href="spotify:artist:4hdk9wzdbUtIY8VRG7ZWYA">the New Orleans Rhythm Kings</a>. He started a long recording and performing relationship with <a href="spotify:artist:2h7jCpFL30Uw8mziW89bGM">Ted Lewis</a> in 1924, then became active in New York in 1935. Brunis played in several New York clubs, joined <a href="spotify:artist:0u61vtGdkaLTguZ5mVxLjK">Muggsy Spanier</a>'s <a href="spotify:artist:6jbQ7eT0dzkqbXovLGgF4s">Ragtime Band</a> in 1939, and played often with <a href="spotify:artist:1YaB5mqH5zlJqvJaKIsBrS">Eddie Condon</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2h7jCpFL30Uw8mziW89bGM">Lewis</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:7B2GLsoPPGTRUeNpJ6VbL3">Art Hodes</a>. He went back to Chicago in 1949, forming his own band, and held a residency at Club 1111 from 1951-1959. Brunis later led groups in Wisconsin and Ohio. ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi