Background
Saint Cyr was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Saint Cyr was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Before moving to Chicago in 1923, he played for several leading New Orleans bands. He also played with Jelly Roll Morton"s Red Hot Peppers. He composed the popular standard Oriental Strut, noted for its adventurous chord sequence.
From 1961 until his death in 1966, Saint Cyr was the bandleader of the Young Men From New Orleans, who performed at Disneyland.
He died in Los Angeles, California, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Los Angeles
He is most commonly remembered as a member of Louis Armstrong"s Hot Five and Hot Seven bands.