Bill Berry (trumpeter)

Bill Berry
Birth nameWilliam Richard Berry
BornSeptember 14, 1930
Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S.
DiedNovember 13, 2002 (aged 72)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresJazz
InstrumentsTrumpet

William Richard Berry (September 14, 1930 – November 13, 2002)[1] was an American jazz trumpeter, best known for playing with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the early-1960s, and for leading his own big band.

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 46/7. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.