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Boston jazz trumpeter Herb Pomeroy died Saturday at his home in Gloucester, Mass., after battling cancer, the Associated Press has reported. He was 77.
Pomeroy’s musical credits included stints with Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton and Frank Sinatra. In addition to performing, Pomeroy also served on the faculty at Berklee College of Music in Boston and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.
“Herb was renowned as one of Boston’s most famous musicians, not just for who he played with, but for his own bands,” said Ken Pullig, the chairman of Berklee’s jazz composition department and one of Pomeroy’s former students. “He was highly regarded by everyone.”
Pomeroy is survived by his wife, Dodie Gibbons; a son, Eden Pomeroy; a daughter, Perry Pomeroy; four stepchildren; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
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