Clora Bryant

**Clora Larea Bryant** (30 ga Mayu, 1927 - 25 ga Agusta, 2019)  ƙwararriyar mai busa ƙaho ce ta Amurka. Ita kaɗai ce mace mai busa ƙaho da ta yi wasa tare da Dizzy Gillespie da Charlie Parker  kuma memba ce ta International Sweethearts of Rhythm .

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Bryant a Denison, Texas ga Charles da Eulila Bryant, ƙaramar 'ya'ya uku. Mahaifinta ma'aikaci ne na yini kuma mahaifiyarta mai kula da gida ce wadda ta mutu lokacin da Clora take da shekaru 3 kacal.  Lokacin da Bryant yake ƙarami, ta koyi buga piano tare da ɗan'uwanta Mel.  Tun tana ƙarama, Bryant memba ne na mawaƙa a cocin Baptist. Lokacin da ɗan'uwanta Fred ya shiga soja, ya bar ƙahonsa, wanda ta koyi yadda ake buga. A makarantar sakandare ta buga ƙaho a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa. 

## Sana'a
Bryant ta ƙi karɓar tallafin karatu daga Kwalejin Oberlin Conservatory da Kwalejin Bennett don halartar Kwalejin Prairie View da ke Houston tun daga shekarar 1943, inda ta kasance memba na ƙungiyar mawakan jazz ta Prairie View Co-eds .  Ƙungiyar ta yi rangadin Texas kuma ta yi wasa a Apollo Theatre da ke birnin New York a shekarar 1944. Mahaifinta ya sami aiki a Los Angeles, kuma ta koma UCLA a shekarar 1945.  Bryant ta ji bebop a karon farko a Central Avenue .

A shekarar 1946 ta zama memba na ƙungiyar mawakan jazz ta duniya, wato International Sweethearts of Rhythm, ƙungiyar mawakan jazz ta mata, ta sami katin ƙungiyar ma'aikata kuma ta daina makaranta. Dizzy Gillespie ta zama mai ba ta shawara kuma ta samar mata da aiki. Ta shiga ƙungiyar mawakan jazz mata baƙaƙe Queens of Swing a matsayin mai buga ganga, sannan ta yi rangadin yawon buɗe ido tare da ƙungiyar. 

A shekarar 1951 ta yi aiki a Los Angeles a matsayin mai busa ƙaho ga Josephine Baker da Billie Holiday . Bayan shekaru biyu ta ƙaura zuwa birnin New York. 

Sarauniyar Swing ta yi wasa a talabijin a shekarar 1951 a matsayin The Hollywood Sepia Tones, a cikin wani shiri na rabin sa'a a KTLA . Su ne ƙungiyar jazz ta mata ta farko da ta bayyana a talabijin. Bayan makonni shida aka dakatar da shirin saboda rashin mai tallafawa. A lokacin daukar fim, Bryant tana da ciki na kimanin watanni bakwai. Bayan haihuwar 'yarta, an kira ta zuwa shirin makada na Ada Leonard na mata; duk da haka, ta zauna na tsawon mako guda kacal bayan kiran da aka yi mata na "samo wannan nigger ɗin daga can".  A shekarar 1954 ta koma New York na ɗan lokaci saboda ta rasa kwarin gwiwa daga yin wasa a cikin ƙungiyoyi. 

A shekarar 1951, ta kasance memba a cikin wani shirin mata na jima'i wanda Ginger Smock ke jagoranta  wanda aka watsa na tsawon makonni shida a CBS . 

Bryant ta yi rikodin kundin waƙoƙinta na farko kuma tilo, *Gal with a Horn*, a shekarar 1957 kafin ta koma rayuwar wani mawaƙi mai tafiya. Ta yi aiki sau da yawa a kulab a Chicago da Denver. A Las Vegas ta yi wasa tare da Louis Armstrong da Harry James . Ta yi yawon shakatawa tare da mawaƙi Billy Williams kuma ta raka shi a *shirin The Ed Sullivan Show* . A shekarun 1960 da 1970, ta yi yawon shakatawa a duniya tare da ɗan'uwanta Mel, wanda mawaƙi ne, kuma sun yi wani shirin talabijin a Ostiraliya. A shekarar 1989, Bryant ta zama mawaƙiyar jazz mace ta farko da ta yi yawon shakatawa a Tarayyar Soviet bayan ta rubuta wa Mikhail Gorbachev . 

Bayan bugun zuciya da tiyatar da aka yi wa Bryant a 1996, an tilasta mata ta daina ƙaho amma ta ci gaba da rera waƙa.  Ta kuma fara ba da laccoci a harabar jami'o'i game da tarihin jazz, ta kuma shirya wani littafi kan tarihin jazz a Los Angeles mai suna *Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz a Los Angeles*, kuma ta yi aiki tare da yara a makarantun firamare na Los Angeles.  A shekara ta 2002, ta sami kyautar nasarorin rayuwa ( Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Award) daga Cibiyar Kennedy da ke Washington, DC Shekaru biyu bayan haka an fitar da wani shirin gaskiya game da ita.

A wata hira da *JazzTimes*, Bryant ya ce, "Babu wanda ya taɓa gaya mini, 'Ba za ki iya buga ƙaho ba, ke yarinya ce.' Ba lokacin da na fara makarantar sakandare ba kuma lokacin da na fito zuwa LA Mahaifina ya gaya mini, 'Zai zama ƙalubale, amma idan za ki yi, ina bayanki har abada.' Kuma ya kasance." 

## Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa
Bryant ta auri mai buga bass Joe Stone a shekarun 1940 kuma ma'auratan sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu, April da Charles Stone. Wannan auren ya ƙare da saki. Bryant ta sami ƙarin 'ya'ya biyu daga dangantakarta da mai buga ganga Leslie Milton; Kevin da Darrin Milton.

Bryant ta rasu a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Cedars-Sinai da ke Los Angeles a ranar 25 ga Agusta, 2019, bayan ta sha fama da bugun zuciya a gida. A lokacin rasuwarta, tana da jikoki tara da jikoki biyar.

## Kundin Waƙoƙi

* *Gal da ƙaho* (1957) 
* *Littafin Billy Williams Revue (1960):* Waƙoƙi biyu na mutum ɗaya

## Fim ɗin fim

* 1968: *Shirin Rosey Grier* (wasan talabijin) kakar wasa ta 1, kashi na 18 "Clora Bryant, Sam Fletcher" ya ƙunshi wani baƙo da Bryant ya fito da shi
* 2000: *Abubuwan Asiri da Batsa* (nunin Talabijin) Kashi na 3, Kashi na 25 "Humphrey Bogart" ya ƙunshi wani ɓangare tare da Bryant
* 2005: *A cikin ƙaho, Clora Bryant* (gajeren bidiyo wanda Zeinabu Irene Davis ta ba da umarni) tare da Bryant a matsayin jigon da aka nuna 
* 2010: *Leimert Park Voices* (fim ɗin shirin gaskiya wanda Paul Calderon da Alan Swyer suka jagoranta) ya ƙunshi sashen hira da Bryant
* 2011: *Fim ɗin 'Yan Mata a cikin Ƙungiyar* (fim ɗin shirin gaskiya wanda Judy Chaikin ta jagoranta) ya haɗa da Bryant a matsayin fitaccen mawaƙi 
* 2014: *Sautin Fansa: Labarin Frank Morgan* (fim ɗin shirin gaskiya wanda NC Heiken ya jagoranta) ya haɗa da bayyanar Bryant

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