Earl Carruthers

Saxophonist Earl Carruthers was associated with the Kansas City jazz scene for his entire career, and recorded most prolifically as a member of the Jimmie Lunceford band. He attended high school in Kansas City, Kansas, then studied at nearby Fisk University. In 1928, still a teenager, he began gigging with the Benny Moten band. In the early '30s he was based out of St. Louis, playing with artists ...more