Billie Rogers (2)

American jazz trumpeter (b. May 31, 1917 North Plains, Oregon - d. January 18, 2014) The first woman to hold a horn position in a major swing orchestra, Rogers studied music at the University of Montana. She entered Woody Herman And His Orchestra as side musician in 1941, playing trumpet and occasionally singing. In 1943, she left the band to form her own orchestra. At the end of 1944, she joined the Jerry Wald band. In October 1945, she left to form her own sextet. In 1947, she retired from show business to raise her family with booking agent Jack Archer (1909-1962), whom she met when he was the road manager of the Woody Herman Orchestra and married in 1944. Sometimes appears as 'Billy Rogers', especially on sheet music.