Johnny St. Cyr

Johnny St. Cyr (April 17, 1890 – June 17, 1966)[1] was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist.

St. Cyr was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[1] He played for several leading New Orleans bands before moving to Chicago in 1923.[2] He is best remembered as a member of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven bands.[3] He also played with Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers.[1] He composed the standard "Oriental Strut",[4] known for its adventurous chord sequence.

During the 1950s, he performed and led a group named Johnny St. Cyr and His Hot Five and recorded with Paul Barbarin and George Lewis.[1] From 1961 until his death in 1966, St. Cyr was the bandleader of the Young Men from New Orleans,[3] who performed at Disneyland.[3] He died in Los Angeles, California,[2] and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, in Los Angeles.[2]

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References
  1. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2355. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. Johnny St. Cyr at AllMusic, accessed 2010-11-13.
  3. Johnny St. Cyr (1890–1966), Red Hot Jazz Archive, accessed 2020-09-01.
  4. "Hot Fives, Vol. 1 - Louis Armstrong | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2021.


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