Vertna Saunders

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'''Vertna Saunders''' was a black cornettist and trumpet player based in the Missouri jazz scene of the early 20th century. Saunders was in the [[Kansas University]] Band and became established as a jazz musician in Kansas City.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He visited New Orleans while performing on a riverboat.<ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Saunders joined [[Eddie Johnson (musician)|Eddie Johnson]]'s band in 1934<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and worked with [[Lester Young]] at that time.<ref name=":0" /> He learned to read music from a fellow jazz musician.<ref name=":2" />

Saunders performed with the [[St. Louis Blue Devils]] in the late 1930s and early 1940s, with performances at the Villa Valencia Club in [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]], Illinois.<ref name=":1" /> He first encountered [[Miles Davis]] while playing with [[Buggs Roberts]] at the West End Waiters Club.<ref name=":1" /> In the 1940s, both Saunders and Davis played with St. Louis Blue Devils under the leadership of [[Eddie Randle]], who was also treasurer of the black musicians union in St. Louis.<ref name=":1" /> He was one of many St. Louis jazz musicians, white and black, who served in various military branches during [[World War II|WWII]].<ref name=":1" /> He performed with [[Singleton Palmer]]’s band in 1952.<ref name=":0" /> He served in the Army until his discharge in 1956.<ref name=":0" /> Vertna Saunders was interviewed by Dan Havens on April 5, 1982.<ref name=":0" />

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