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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.
- 1920s-1930s
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 group also performed for both white and African- American audiences from Texas to the ...
Oklahoma City musician and bandleader Hart Wand published the first blues on sheet music with "Dallas Blues" in March 1912; legendary territory band the Oklahoma City Blue Devils stormed through Muskogee, Tulsa, and Oklahoma City with Jimmy Rushing shouting the blues through a megaphone over the Blue Devils' blazing horns; and seminal Delta ...
Oklahoma City. From 1925 to 1933, the legendary Oklahoma City Blue Devils territory band was among the best in the southwest and plains states. And as a precursor to the iconic Count Basie Orchestra, the pioneering group of Oklahoma musicians blazed a trail for both jazz and music history. This week on LoyalTV, join us at the UCO Jazz Lab for a ...
28. Dez. 2006 · Rushing, Abe Bolar, Walter Page, Don Byas and Lem Johnson played for the Blue Devils in Oklahoma City with Basie and helped Basie form his band in Kansas City. Eventually, nine Oklahomans played for Basie. Carney listed 30 nationally recognized bands that included Oklahomans.
