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HERB BOOTH — trumpeter, came up through kid bands around St. Louis and played his way through Washington University. He then took a long musical hiatus, focusing on business and family. Brushing up on long-lost skills many years later, in the mid-90s he joined the Gateway City Big Band.

Devoted to Swing, he has toured with the “ghost” bands of Sammy Kay, Jimmy Dorsey, Dick Jurgens, Russ Morgan and Jan Garber around Hawaii, the Caribbean, and the length of the Mississippi. Herb also fronts his own dixieland and swing combos, and has a brass ensemble for church events.

His trumpet icons are Harry James, Louis Armstrong and Bunny Berigan. As editor of the GCBB newsletter he enjoys writing tales of the Swing Era for our many band friends and followers.

Click on a name below to read about other members of our Trumpet Section.
RICK SHARP	BILL FELDNER
HERB BOOTH	MIKE STEEP
ALEC PATTON

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