Johnny St Cyr

Johnny St. Cyr played both banjo and guitar and is recognized as a true jazz pioneer. He had his own bands in New Orleans in 1905, played with A.J. Piron, the Superior, Olympia and Tuxedo bands, played on the river boats with Fate Marable and went to Chicago with King Oliver in 1923. He recorded with King Oliver and Jelly Roll Martin, but is most recognized as a key member of Louis Armstrong�s Hot Five and Hot Seven sessions. He returned to New Orleans in 1930 and made his living as a plasterer while playing with local bands including Paul Barbarin and Alphonse Picou. St. Cyr moved to Los Angeles in and led the Young Men from New Orleans at Disneyland from 1961 until his death in 1966.