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Vertna Saunders is a member of the following lists: American jazz trumpeters, American jazz cornetists and American jazz trumpeter stubs.

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Vertna Saunders was an African-American cornettist and trumpet player based in the Missouri jazz scene of the early 20th century. Saunders was in the University of Kansas Band and became established as a jazz musician in Kansas City, Missouri. He visited New Orleans while performing on a riverboat. Saunders joined Eddie Johnson's band in 1934 and worked with Lester Young at that time. He learned to read music from a fellow jazz musician.