 In 1938 four members of the group (Shavers, Bailey, Kyle and Kirby) participated in two recording sessions for Vocalion Records (11 May and 23 June) accompanying singer Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday and her Orchestra.Kirby tended toward a lighter, classically influenced style of jazz, often referred to as chamber jazz, which has both strong defenders and ardent critics.He was prolific and popular from 1938–1941, but World War II took away Kyle and Procope; bad health claimed Spencer, who died from tuberculosis in 1944.