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Herb Bruce

Herb Bruce hails from Louisville, KY and spent many years in Nashville performing for Boots Randolph, the Nashville Brass, and The Jack Daniels Silver Comet Band and has been around the world with Spiritual to the Bone and the premiere Salvation Army Brass bands. He's also performed with show orchestras like: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Bob Hope, Wayne Newton, Nelson Riddle, Jimmy Dorsey, Liza Minelli, The Four Freshman, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Amy Grant, Al Hirt, Burt Bacharach, Bernadette Peters and Les Brown.

Recordings include:

* Back Street Boys * Hank Williams Jr. * Boots Randolph * Nashville Brass * Kenneth Copeland (Gospel)

Movies: Scores for Jerry Reed "What Comes Around" and Shaquille O’Neal‘s Shazaam" TV Specials on ABC, CBS, NBC, cable, and syndication such as:

* ABC’s Wide World of Sports * Country Music Association Awards Show (Culture Shock) * Dove Awards Show * Ringling Brothers Circus Special * Nashville Now * "Siskel & Ebert 500th Show Anniversary Show" Source: Herb Bruce

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Levity accompanies vintage jazz mastery

Levity accompanies vintage jazz mastery

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

Trombonist Herb Bruce and his Herbicide Jazz Band closed the Charlotte County Jazz Society's 2021-22 concert season on Monday, April 11 in Punta Gorda FL with a wide-ranging trip into the world of classic jazz. It featured a stage full of all-star players, accompanied between songs by the leader's self-deprecating humor. This was Herbicide's third visit to the CCJS concert stage. There was a bit of repetition of favorites from the 2015 and 2018 sets, but the evening was mixed ...

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Superb music and whimsy combine for a memorable CCJS season finale

Superb music and whimsy combine for a memorable CCJS season finale

Source: Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes

Trombonist Herb Bruce's repeat visit to the Charlotte County Jazz Society's concert series with his Herbicide Jazz Band was a night of uncontrolled exuberance. Sometimes it was in the music. More often, it was the self-deprecating humor of Bruce and his merry music makers on Monday, April 9's Dixieland Jazz Night. Herbicide presented excellent music- not always in the traditional Dixieland style. There were some crowd-pleasing vintage set pieces, some new things- including a new face in the area, some ...

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