Oklahoma City Blue Devils
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The Oklahoma City Blue Devils was a territorial jazz band of the southwestern United States in the 1920s. Originally called Billy King's Road Show, it disbanded in Oklahoma City in 1925 where Walter Page renamed it.
Several prominent jazz musicians were members, including Lester Young and William "Count" Basie. The Blue Devils disbanded in 1933 becoming the nucleus of Count Basie's Orchestra.
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- Daniels, Douglas Henry. One O'clock Jump: The Unforgettable History of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils. Boston: Beacon Press, 2006. ISBN 0-8070-7136-6
- Pearson, Nathan W. Goin' to Kansas City. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987. ISBN 0-252-01336-0
- Russell, Ross. Jazz style in Kansas City and the Southwest. Berkley: University of California Press, 1971. ISBN 0-520-01853-2
