Sy Oliver, who was born on Dec. 17 ... “Opus I,” … “Easy Does It,” “Swing High,” … and “Yes Indeed.” Between 1943 and 1945 Oliver led an Army band.

Melvin James (Sy) Oliver,was one of America's great jazz composers and arrangers of the big band era, and a musician who had a significant impact on American popular music. Sy Oliver was born in ...