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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."
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Life
He was born Leon Megerdichian in Braintree, Massachusetts, on 17 September 1923.
Merian learnt trumpet form Georges Mager.
He was a sidesman to Lucky Millinder, touring with his band in the segregated south, where, not welcome at either "white" or "colored" establishments, he ended up sleeping on the tour bus.
He later had his own band, including such luminaries as Herb Phillips.
His publications included the well known Trumpet Isometics.
Merian died 15 August 2007, in Sarasota, Florida.
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