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Wendell Brunious. Photo by Caitlyn Ridenour

Through the Generations: Wendell Brunious and the “Brunious sound”

July 31, 2018 by: Geraldine Wyckoff

Trumpeter and vocalist Wendell Brunious boasts a towering musical family tree primarily flowered with trumpets. He is the son of trumpet master John “Picket” (or “Picky”) Brunious Sr. and Nazimova “Chinee” Santiago, the niece of guitarist/banjoist Willie Santiago. Brunious who leads his band at Satchmo SummerFest on Sunday, August 5 and the previous day, 

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