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The Oklahoma City Blue Devils was the premier American Southwest territory jazz band in the 1920s. Originally called Billy King's Road Show, it disbanded in Oklahoma City in 1925 where Walter Page renamed it. The name Blue Devils came from the name of a gang of fence cutters operating during the early days of the American West.
15. Jan. 2010 · BLUE DEVILS. The Oklahoma City Blue Devils began circa 1923–24 in Kansas City as Billy King's Road Show, a traveling vaudeville troupe. While trombonist Ermir "Bucket" Coleman had nominal control of the band, Walter Page masterminded the musical arrangements.
12. Feb. 2007 · The Oklahoma City Blue Devils were a territorial band with a legendary reputation among musicians in the Southwest. Starting in 1923 accompanying Billy King’s road show, “Moonshine,” at the Aldridge Theatre in Oklahoma City, they also performed for white and African American audiences from Texas to the Dakotas until stranded in ...
18. Nov. 2021 · The Oklahoma City Blue Devils were a pioneer band with a legendary reputation among musicians in the Southwest. The band was established in 1923, accompanying Billy King’s road show, “Moonshine,” at the Aldridge Theatre in Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma City Blue Devils Band is formed. *The Oklahoma City Blue Devils are celebrated on this date in 1923. They were the premier Black Southwest territory jazz band in the 1920s. Originally called Billy King's Road Show, the name Blue Devils came from the name of a gang of fence cutters operating during the early days of the American West.
15. Jan. 2010 · Oklahoma and surrounding states were blessed with a number of "territorial bands," or those that traveled a circuit, such as the Oklahoma City Blue Devils. Several of these blossomed into major forces in the development of jazz in the Southwest and Midwest.
The Oklahoma City Blue Devils, also known as Walter Page's Blue Devils, featured an all-star lineup as one of Kansas City's premier jazz bands in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The territory band is…. Read Full Biography.
