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Federation of Musicians"; Merrill Tarrant, trumpet; Sykes Smith, trumpet; and Charles Pillars, saxophone, who with his brother, Hayes Pillar, was co-leader of Jeter-Pilars. Elbert Claybrook, trumpet, had also been with Jeter-Pillars but had taken a job at Scullin Steel Mills prior to enlisting. All were sent to
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by Len Bowden, who also had a band in St. Louis prior to the war. Joining the Navy in September 1942 were James Cannady, guitarist and arranger for Jeter-Pilars; Roy Torian, a trombonist who had been treasurer of the Musicians Equity Association in St. Louis, the "race sub-local of the American
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In the late 1940s, the group toured the Far East for the USO, before breaking up. The Jeter-Pillars Orchestra recorded four sides for
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The Jeter-Pillars Orchestra served as a training ground for up-and-coming jazz players including trumpeters
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was an American jazz troupe, led by altoist James Jeter and tenor-saxophonist
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City of Gabriels. The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895–1973.
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Most of the Jeter-Pillars band served as musicians during
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St. Louis
Missouri
Jazz
Hayes Pillars
Hayes Pillars
Alphonso Trent
Club Plantation
St. Louis, Missouri
World War II
United States Navy
Camp Robert Smalls
Chicago
Jimmie Lunceford
Charlie Spivak
George Hudson
Don Albert
Fats Waller
Harry "Sweets" Edison
Peanuts Holland
Jimmy Blanton
Jo Jones
Sid Catlett
Kenny Clarke
Floyd Smith
Jimmy Forrest
Chris Woods
Vocalion Records
Make Believe

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