Early Years
Brannum was born in Sandwich, Illinois in 1910 to a Methodist minister. He attended Maine Township High School in suburban Chicago where he played sousaphone in the school's marching band, later learning the bass violin.
He went to college at University of Redlands, where he became interested in jazz; after graduation, he played bass in various bands.
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