Complex sentence: Castor "Cass" McCord (May 17,1907--February 14,1963) was an American jazz saxophonist who, with his twin brother, clarinetist and alto saxophonist Ted McCord, started out as a member of Edgar Hayes's Blue Grass Buddies in 1924.
Split into simpler sentences: Castor "Cass" McCord (May 17,1907--February 14,1963) was an American jazz saxophonist. McCord started out as a member of Edgar Hayes's Blue Grass Buddies in 1924.