St. Cyr, Johnny

LC control no.	no2004094470
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	St. Cyr, Johnny *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	St. Cyr, John Alexander
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1890-04-17
Death date	1966-06-17
Place of birth	New Orleans (La.)
Place of death	Los Angeles (Calif.)
Affiliation	Dejan's Olympia Brass Band King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band Red Hot Peppers (Musical group) Superior Brass Band
Profession or occupation	Jazz musicians Guitarists Banjoists
Found in	Barbarin, P. Paul Barbarin and his New Orleans band [SR] 1950: container (Johnny St. Cyr, banjo) Falk, L. On Johnny St. Cyr, 1999: p. 5 (John Alexander St. Cyr; guitar, banjo & alto horn, mellophone; b. Feb. 17, 1890, New Orleans, La.; d. June 17, 1966, Los Angeles, Calif.) African American National Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (St. Cyr, Johnny; John Alexander St. Cyr; jazz musician, guitarist, banjoist; born 17 April 1890 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; played with many famous bands and musicians including the Superior and Olympia brass bands; began his career as a guitarist; built a banjo-guitar; went to work as a riverboat musician (1918- 1921); performed with many of the best New Orleans jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong; moved to Chicago and recorded with Joe Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (1923); recorded with Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers (1926); played on Louis Armstrong's famous Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings' (1925-1927); performed at the Disney land riverboat exhibit (1961-1966); died 17 June 1966 in Los Angeles, California, United States)