Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Billie Rogers (née Zelda Louise Smith (May 31, 1917 - January 18, 2014) was an American jazz trumpet player and singer who was a member of the trumpet section and featured soloist with Woody Herman from 1941 to 1943. She led her own band in 1943, then at the end of that year, joined the Jerry Wald band and remained a member until October 1945, when she left to form her own sextet. Rogers is credited as being the first woman to hold a horn position in a major jazz orchestra.. }
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- Billie_Rogers comment "Billie Rogers (née Zelda Louise Smith (May 31, 1917 - January 18, 2014) was an American jazz trumpet player and singer who was a member of the trumpet section and featured soloist with Woody Herman from 1941 to 1943. She led her own band in 1943, then at the end of that year, joined the Jerry Wald band and remained a member until October 1945, when she left to form her own sextet. Rogers is credited as being the first woman to hold a horn position in a major jazz orchestra.".