Johnny st cyr biography of mahatma gandhi

Johnny St. Cyr

Johnny St. Cyr (April 17, – June 17, ) was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist. For banjo his by far most used type in records at least was the six string one.

Johnny st cyr biography of mahatma Johnny St. Cyr [needs IPA] (April 17, – June 17, ) [1] was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist. For banjo his by far most used type in records at least was the six string one. On a famous “action photo” with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers he is holding a four string banjo, a Paramount Style A. There is, however, no.

On a famous “action photo” with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers he is holding a four string banjo, probably tenor. There is, however, no verified information if he ever used such an instrument on records.

St. Cyr was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and raised Catholic. He played for several leading New Orleans bands before moving to Chicago in He is best remembered as a member of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven bands.

He also played with Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers. He composed the standard "Oriental Strut", known for its adventurous chord sequence.

During the s, he performed and led a group named Johnny St. Cyr and His Hot Five and recorded with Paul Barbarin and George Lewis.

B-21549 Johnny St. Cyr (April 17, – June 17, ) was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist. For banjo his by far most used type in records at least was the six string one. On a famous “action photo” with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers he is holding a four string banjo, probably tenor.

From until his death in , St. Cyr was the bandleader of the Young Men from New Orleans, who performed at Disneyland. He died in Los Angeles, California, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, in Los Angeles.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 17, (New Orleans), Died June 17, (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: -

Roles Represented in DAHR: banjo, guitar, speaker, songwriter, composer

= Recordings are available for online listening.

= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

BVE-36239 Johnny St. Cyr was one of the original pioneers of jazz music. He played with the best of them; Baby Dodds, Johnny Dodds, King Oliver, Kid Ory, Jelly Roll Morton, and Louis Armstrong. He was the banjo player on all of the original Hot Five, and Hot Seven recordings made by Armstrong from

Recordings (Results of 86 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B	in.	2/27/	Mamma's baby boy	Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE	in.	9/15/	Black bottom stomp	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, banjo
Victor	BVE	in.	9/15/	Smoke-house blues	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, banjo
Victor	BVE	in.	9/15/	The chant	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, banjo
Victor	BVE	in.	9/21/	Sidewalk blues	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band, with talk	instrumentalist, banjo, speaker
Victor	BVE	in.	9/21/	Dead man blues	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band, with talk	instrumentalist, banjo, speaker
Victor	BVE	in.	9/21/	Steamboat stomp	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band, with talk	instrumentalist, banjo, speaker
Victor	BVE	in.	12/16/	Someday sweetheart	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE	in.	12/16/	Grandpa's spells	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE	in.	12/16/	Original Jelly-Roll	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE	in.	12/16/	Doctor Jazz stomp	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, banjo
Victor	BVE	in.	12/16/	Cannon ball	Jelly Roll Morton ; Red Hot Peppers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W	in.	7/13/	Perdido Street blues	New Orleans Wanderers	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/6/	New Orleans shags	Richard M. Jones Three Jazz Wizards	Jazz/dance trio	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/6/	Spanish shawl	Albert Nicholas ; Richard M. Jones Three Jazz Wizards	Clarinet solo, with piano and banjo	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/6/	29th and Dearborn	Albert Nicholas ; Richard M. Jones Three Jazz Wizards	Clarinet solo, with piano and banjo	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/6/	Wonderful dream	Richard M. Jones Three Jazz Wizards	Jazz/dance trio, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/11/	Gambler's dream	Hociel Thomas	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/11/	Sunshine baby	Hociel Thomas	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/11/	Adam and Eve had the blues	Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four ; Hociel Thomas	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/11/	Put it where I can get it	Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four ; Hociel Thomas	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/11/	Wash woman blues	Hociel Thomas	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/11/	I've stopped my man	Hociel Thomas	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/12/	My heart	Louis Armstrong ; Hot Five	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo
OKeh		in.	11/12/	Yes! I'm in the barrel	Louis Armstrong ; Hot Five	Jazz/dance ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo

(Results of 86 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "St. Cyr, Johnny," accessed January 19, ,

St. Cyr, Johnny. (). In Discography of American Historical Recordings.

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Johnny St. Cyr [needs IPA] (April 17, – June 17, ) [1] was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist. For banjo his by far most used type in records at least was the six string one. On a famous “action photo” with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers he is holding a four string banjo, a Paramount Style A. There is, however, no.

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