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Los Oklahoma City Blue Devils fueron una de las territory bands más importantes de la década de 1920. Originalmente llamada Billy King's Road Show, [ 1 ] al deshacerse esta banda en Oklahoma City en 1925, Walter Page se convirtió en su líder y cambió el nombre.
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.
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12 de feb. de 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 Bluefield ...
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Oklahoma City Blue Devils was a band formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They were the premier American Southwest territory jazz band in the 1920s.
There are conflicting reports as to the orchestra's formation. Some records place its origins from Billy King's Road Show, which disbanded in Oklahoma City in 1925 and state that, following its disbandment, Walter Page reformed the group and named it the Oklahoma City Blue Devils. While the Blue Devils were undoubtedly based out of Oklahoma City, records show their first public appearances were in Kansas City, as early as 1922.
The name Blue Devils came from the name of a gang of fence cutters operating during the early days of the American West.
Several prominent jazz musicians were members, including Lester Young, William "Count" Basie and Henry "Buster" Smith. After a patch of particularly bad luck in 1933 the "Blue Devils" found themselves stranded in Virginia, without any instruments or money, and had to hop a freight train back to St. Louis. Bennie Moten sized this opportunity to add fresh talent to his "Kansas City Orchestra" and hired the group's remaining members.
After Moten's death in 1935, Basie recruited most of the group's members to join his group, the Count Basie Orchestra. The Count Basie Orchestra continues performing today as a ghost band.
The 1979 film The Last of the Blue Devils documents a musical reunion with Basie, Big Joe Turner and other figures from the history of southwestern and Kansas City jazz.
Bandleaders
•? Coleman — 1924
•Willie Lewis — 1925-?
•Walter Page — 1925-1930
•Bennie Moten — 1929-1929
•James Simpson — 1931-1933
Squabblin'/Blue Devil Blues is the debut release by the artist Walter Page and His Original Blue Devils, based out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The album was recorded during a state of turmoil in the band's history.
The Blue Devils were a territory band based out of the Oklahoma City-Wichita, Kansas area. Throughout various times in its six-year lifespan (1925-1931) the band featured such noteworthy figures as Basie, Rushing, Buster Smith, Lester Young, and Hot Lips Page.
