tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102591201253396.post5803635742278352512..comments2023-10-23T09:06:33.243-07:00Comments on Jeannie on Jazz: Trumpeter Jane Sager dies at 97Jeannie Gayle Poolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485864656156577914noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102591201253396.post-76561439769769005532021-01-04T09:34:05.488-08:002021-01-04T09:34:05.488-08:00I am the author of CAMP COOKE AND VANDENBERG AIR F...I am the author of CAMP COOKE AND VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, 1941-1966. On March 16, 1942, Ada Leonard and her All-American Girl orchestra, gave two evening performances for soldiers at Camp Cooke. In the orchestra<br />were Jane Sager, Edith Lawrence, Brownie Slade, Midge Goodrich, Joann Koupis, Mildred Cobb, Connie Van, Bernice Little, Dez Thompson, Clara Friend, and Ethel Button. What a marvelous group of musicians!Jeffrey Geigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06866047993616823027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102591201253396.post-36931253763518355582020-01-06T16:09:45.965-08:002020-01-06T16:09:45.965-08:00Jane Sager was my great aunt. As a child I rememb...Jane Sager was my great aunt. As a child I remember Herb Albert coming to the house and they would have a jam session in her studio on Selma Ave. She taught him to play trumpet. She inspired many people Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926172470779858287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102591201253396.post-52619364451719582502018-07-18T09:09:04.428-07:002018-07-18T09:09:04.428-07:00Jane Sager was my trumpet teacher in high school. ...Jane Sager was my trumpet teacher in high school. What a great player-teacher! My lessons were only $5 for a half hour, which usually became an hour because she would tell me stories of playing jazz in Chicago. We would sight read duets and she would assign studies from Arbans. All the best high school student trumpet players studied with her. Her great teaching inspired others: Lester Smith - Trumpet with Earth Wind & Fire, Ted Murdock - Trumpet & Soloist with Ray Charles, and of course Herb Alpert back then with The Tiajuana Brass and now A&M Records.<br />Jane created a spoof on the Tiajuana Brass by creating an “Old Bag Lady Band” - as she described it to me. This all lady combo dressed up as elderly grand mother’s with big hats. They walked onto the stage as if they were going to play something only a grandmother would play, but instead, played a Tiajuana Brass song with a transition into a hot Dixieland-jazz number! These ladies all had great chops and surprised everyone with their entertaining talent. This band is featured on one of the Jack Benny Shows.<br />I was lucky to later study with Malcom McNab, Jimmy Stamp, and Claude Gordon, but I will never forget how much I enjoyed playing trumpet because of Jane Sager.<br />Gary LeeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03831364483526506319noreply@blogger.com