Jesse Miller, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Born in Houston, Texas, he moved to Chicago where he studied under Captain Walter Dyett at the DuSable High School. Turning professional in 1940, he played in the bands of Tiny Bradshaw and King Kolax. He went on to join Milt Larkin's house band at the Rhumboogie in 1941, with Calvin Ladnier, Clarence Trice and Miller on trumpets, Arnett Sparrow and Streamline Williams on trombones, Frank Dominguez, Tom Archia, Moses Grant and Sam Player on saxes, Cedric Haywood on piano, Lawrerence Cato on bass and Alvin Burroughs on drums. In 1942, he was a member of Earl Hines' orchestra featuring Billy Eckstine on vocals, Truck Parham on bass, and Rudy Taylor on drums. He was in the following line-up when Sarah Vaughan joined it. 

August 16th, 1921 in (Age 102)