What is Ira Sullivan?
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Ira Sullivan | image = Ira Sullivan (cropped).jpg | image_size = 250 | landscape = yes | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|5|1|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2020|9|21|1931|5|1|mf=y}}}} | death_place = [[Miami, Florida]], U.S. | genre = [[Jazz]] | occupation = Musician, composer, educator | instrument = Trumpet, flugelhorn, flute, saxophone | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = [[Red Rodney]], [[Lin Halliday]] }} '''Ira Sullivan''' (May 1, 1931 &ndash; September 21, 2020) was an American [[jazz]] trumpeter, flugelhornist, flautist, saxophonist, educator and composer. He was born in [[Washington, D.C.]]. His career began in the 1950s in [[Chicago]]. He worked often with [[Red Rodney]] and [[Lin Halliday]].<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ira-sullivan-p7634/biography Allmusic]</ref> Sullivan teaches at the Young Musicians Camp each summer at the [[University of Miami]]. Sullivan died on September 21, 2020 from [[pancreatic cancer]] in [[Miami, Florida]] at the age of 89.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/howard-reich/ct-ent-ira-sullivan-obituary-0924-20200923-odjefa2owzegrflmtz2obedelu-story.html Chicago jazz great Ira Sullivan dies at 89]</ref> ==Discography== *1958: ''[[Nicky's Tune]]'' ([[Delmark Records|Delmark]], issued 1970) *1959: ''[[Blue Stroll]]'' (Delmark) *1962: ''[[Bird Lives! (Ira Sullivan album)|Bird Lives!]]'' ([[Vee-Jay Records|Vee-Jay]]) *1967: ''[[Horizons (Ira Sullivan album)|Horizons]]'' ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]) *1976: ''[[Ira Sullivan (album)|Ira Sullivan]]'' ([[Horizon Records|Horizon]]) *1977: ''[[Ira Sullivan (Flying Fish album)|Ira Sullivan]]'' ([[Flying Fish Records|Flying Fish]]) *1978: ''[[Peace (Ira Sullivan