About Jay Saunders
Born 1944. Jay Saunders is an American jazz musician and music educator.
Jay Saunders (né John Henry Saunders III; born 29 June 1944 Sacramento, California) is an American trumpeter and music educator at the collegiate level. In the 1970s, Saunders was a lead trumpeter with big bands — notably the Stan Kenton Orchestra (early seventies) — and a session musician in the Dallas area. Saunders recently retired from the faculty at the University of North Texas College of Music where he taught jazz trumpet, jazz recordings, and directed the One O'Clock Lab Band.
Education Originally from Sacramento, California, Saunders attended the University of North Texas College of Music from 1965 to 1968, where he studied trumpet with John Haynie (1924–2014).
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American trumpeter, music educator
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Jay Saunders was born on 29 June 1944.
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