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9. Feb. 2012 · The Blue Devils toured Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Missouri in a Stoddard-Dayton touring car playing small clubs and dime-a-dance halls. They made their only recordings in Kansas City. "Blue Devil Blues" and "Squabblin'" were recorded for the Vocalion label in the studios of WDAF on November 10, 1929. "Squabblin'" featured a fine clarinet solo by Buster Smith and "Blue Devil Blues" showcased ...
20. Apr. 2009 · The Oklahoma City Blue Devils, the ne plus ultra of all the territory bands, still command legendary status among generations of jazz musicians, scholars, critics, and collectors. The band’s undiminished reputation is based, in part, on the paucity of recorded evidence (a sole 78) but also on the illustrious assemblage of players who passed through the group’s ranks between 1923 and 1933 ...
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.
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.
28. Dez. 2006 · THE OKLAHOMA CITY BLUE DEVILS. The Blue Devils was/were Deep Deuce’s most widely known band. Beyond just talking about the Blue Devils, this section also serves as the introduction to some of the other individuals who will be more particularly described in this post by the time it is finished. Click on the pic for a larger view
Die Blue Devils ohne Walter Page. Nachdem Page gegangen war, entschieden der Saxophonist Buster Smith und der Sänger Ernest Williams, die Band weiterzuführen. Als Leiter brachten sie Leroy „Snake“ White in die Band und nannten sich The 13 Original Blue Devils. Wieder spielte Lester Young mit. Sie spielten im Ritz Ballroom in Oklahoma City ...
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.
