A musician who developed an interest in sound engineering, Savory began building his own recording devices in the mid-1930s.
The radio recordings of the live broadcasts, made before the introduction of tape, were known to only a handful of people until they were acquired by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem in 2010.
[1] During World War II, Savory was assigned to the Naval Research Laboratory, helped to develop radar for all-weather fighter aircraft, and served as a test and combat pilot.
Savory later worked as a defense contractor in the Washington, D.C., area, on electronic communications and surveillance devices designed to pick up audio and data signals.
"[1] The National Jazz Museum has begun digitizing recordings of performances by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bunny Berigan, Harry James and many others.