- Hayes Pillars
Hayes Pillars (April 30, 1906,
North Little Rock, Arkansas - August 11, 1992,Richmond Heights, Missouri ) was an Americanjazz tenor saxophonist andbandleader .Pillars played locally in Little Rock and
Jackson, Tennessee before joining theterritory band ofAlphonso Trent in 1927-28. Following this he co-led theJeter-Pillars Orchestra , an ensemble which featured a large number of noted jazz sidemen over the course of its existence.Following his time in Jeter-Pillars, Pillars became a mainstay of the
St. Louis, Missouri jazz scene, working there from the 1950s into the 1980s.References
*Rye/Kernfeld, "Hayes Pillars". "Grove Jazz" online.
Further reading
*B. Rusch, "Hayes Pillars". "Cadence" 12 (1986), p. 17.
*Obituary, "St. Louis Post-Dispatch ", August 15, 1992.
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