Complex sentence: Unusually for a white saxophonist of the time, Eager was a member of several bands led by black musicians, including Tadd Dameron at the Royal Roost in New York in 1948.
Split into simpler sentences: Unusually for a white saxophonist of the time, Eager was a member of several bands led by black musicians. Eager also played with Tadd Dameron at the Royal Roost in New York in 1948.