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The Blue Devils were a territory band based out of the Oklahoma City-Wichita, Kansas area. [6] 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.
Kansas is an American progressive rock band from Topeka, Kansas.The band's current lineup features constant members guitarist Rich Williams and drummer Phil Ehart, alongside guitarist Zak Rivi (who first joined in 2016), vocalist and keyboardist Ronnie Platt (since 2014), keyboardist and vocalist Tom Brislin (since 2018), violinist and rhythm guitarist Joe Deninzon (since 2023) and bassist and ...
Kansas City Memories (Black and Blue, 1973) The Band That Jumps the Blues! (Black Lion, 1973) Early Bird with Charlie Parker (Spotlite, 1973) Vine Street Boogie (Black Lion, 1974) Kansas City Joys with Buddy Tate, Paul Quinichette (Sonet, 1976) Crazy Legs & Friday Strut with Buddy Tate (Sackville, 1977) Kansas City On My Mind (Black and Blue, 1977)
Blue Veins may refer to: "Blue Veins", a song by The Raconteurs on their 2006 album Broken Boy Soldiers; Blue Veins (Pakistan), a women's health advocacy group;
Benjamin Moten (November 13, 1893 – April 2, 1935) [2] was an American jazz pianist and band leader born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. [3]He led his Kansas City Orchestra, the most important of the regional, blues-based orchestras active in the Midwest in the 1920s, and helped to develop the riffing style that would come to define many of the 1930s big bands.
The Blue Devils of the title were the Oklahoma City Blue Devils a travelling band of the 1930s founded by bassist Walter Page that included Basie, Lester Young, Buster Smith and Oran "Hot Lips" Page. Many of the same musicians ended up in the Bennie Moten Orchestra which ultimately became the Count Basie band.
According to the book It Shined by Michael Granda, the band name was derived from "Cosmic Corn Cob & His Amazing Ozark Mountain Daredevils", a name that John Dillon came up with at a Kansas City "naming party" after the band was told that the name they had previously been using, "Family Tree", was already taken ("Burlap Socks" and "Buffalo Chips" were two other monikers that had been considered).
Nick's father, Bob, played in a blues band, whilst his maternal grandmother was a jazz singer, who got to sing with Count Basie. Prior to that, the family's musical heritage dates back to violin players living in Eastern Europe. [9] Schnebelen was educated at Kansas City's Paseo Academy, where he studied both classical music and jazz.