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Hayes Pillars
Hayes Pillars (April 30, 1906, North Little Rock, Arkansas - August 11, 1992, Richmond Heights, Missouri) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader. Pillar began playing as a teenager, and played locally in Little Rock and Jackson, Tennessee before joining the territory band of Alphonso Trent in 1927-28. On January 6, 1934 Pillars, along with his brother Charles Pillars, and James Jeter, formed the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra, to work at a club called The Furnace. The ensemble which featured a large number of noted jazz sidemen over the course of its existence, was originally "formed out of the remnants of the great Alphonso Trent Orchestra." On July 4, 1934, The Jeter-Pillars Orchestra came to St.Louis at the Club Plantation. 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. He would frequently play private parties and in area country clubs. He retired in the early 1980s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Little Rock, Arkansas
North Little Rock is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, across the Arkansas River, Arkansas from Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock in the central part of the state. The population was 64,591 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. In 2019 the estimated population was 65,903, making it the seventh-most populous city in the state. North Little Rock, along with Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock and Conway, Arkansas, Conway, anchors the six-county Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area (2014 population 729,135), which is further included in the Little Rock-North Little Rock Central Arkansas, Combined Statistical Area with 902,443 residents. The city's downtown is anchored in the Argenta Historic District, the location of Dickey-Stephens Park, home of the Arkansas Travelers minor league baseball team, and Simmons Bank Arena, the metropolitan area's main entertainment venue. Farth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
