Irving Herbert "Herb" Pomeroy, III (15 April 1930, Gloucester, Massachusetts – 11 August 2007) was an influential swing and bebop jazz trumpeter and educator. He played with legends such as Charlie Parker and Lionel Hampton as well as his own jazz bands for over half a century.
Herb Pomeroy began playing trumpet at an early age, and in his early teens started gigging in the greater Boston area, claiming inspiration from the music of Louis Armstro...
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Irving Herbert "Herb" Pomeroy, III (15 April 1930, Gloucester, Massachusetts – 11 August 2007) was an influential swing and bebop jazz trumpeter and educator. He played with legends such as Charlie Parker and Lionel Hampton as well as his own jazz bands for over half a century.
Herb Pomeroy began playing trumpet at an early age, and in his early teens started gigging in the greater Boston area, claiming inspiration from the music of Louis Armstrong. In 1946, at age 16, he became a member of the Musicians Union in Gloucester after the union didn't have enough members to conduct a meeting. After High School, he studied music at the Schillinger House in Boston, which is now the Berklee College of Music, where he excelled as a jazz trumpeter and began to find his calling in bebop.
Herb Pomeroy studied dentistry at Harvard University for one year but dropped out to pursue his jazz career. Charlie Parker liked Pomeroy's playing and hired him frequently when the alto saxophonist performed at...
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