Melvin James 'Sy' Oliver was a jazz legend during his time. He was a trumpeter, composer, band leader and one of the leading musical arrangers in the 1930s and 1940s. Oliver was born on December 17, 1910, in Battle Creek, Michigan. Both of his parents were music teachers in Ohio, where he grew up. He […]
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