AL STEWART, 89, on Oct. 17 in Sarasota, FL. A first-chair swing trumpeter who for over 55 years played with some of the biggest names in the Big Band business. The list of bands of which he was a member included Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnett, Louis Prima, Ray McKinley, Billy May and Jerry Wald.
Rev. GARY MILLER, 73, on Oct. 23 in an automobile accident near Fond du Loc, Wisconsin. A trumpet player who co-founded the New Reformation JB with Dave Opperman in 1970 when he was a church youth minister in Saginaw, Michigan. In 1972, he established the Celebration Road Show that toured the country for five years. He served as minister of several churches over the years, including the largest and oldest UCC church east of the Mississippi located in Hartford, Connecticut.
BARRY ANTHONY TROP, 64, on Oct. 27 of a massive heart attack in Torrance, Calif. The following was submitted by his close friend, Jim Jones, past president of the American Society of Jazz Societies:
“If a ‘renaissance man’ is one who understands and performs with excellence in many areas, Barry Anthony (his professional name) was that man. Known principally as a trumpet and clarinet player, he was also a band leader, composer, arranger, pilot, photographer, producer, religious scholar and philosopher.
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