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Milt Bernhart, West Coast trombonist, 1926-2004

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Milt Bernhart
b. 25 May 1926, Valparaiso, IN
d. 22 January 2004, age 77, Glendale, CA


Trombonist Milt Bernhart, a treasured icon of West Coast jazz, died of multiple organ failure on January 22, 2004 in Glendale, California. He was 77 years old.



Bernhart was as good-natured a man as jazz ever produced, self-deprecating and always able to see the humor in a situation. He began playing the tuba at ten but had switched to trombone by high school. Having shuffled through Chicago and Philly, he was hired for Boyd Raeburn

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