Willie Bryant (August 30, 1908 – February 9, 1964) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues bandleader, singer, and disc jockey. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Bryant grew up in Chicago and took trumpet lessons to little success. His first job in entertainment was dancing in the Whitman Sisters Show in 1926. He worked in various vaudeville productions for the next several years, and in 1934 he appeared in the show Chocolate Revue with Bessie Smith.


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