Oklahoma Musicians

Musician

Oran Hot Lips Page

Documented as a touring member of Walter Page's Oklahoma City Blue Devils from 1928 to 1931; Dallas-born. | The OHS Blue Devils entry places Oran Page in the Oklahoma City Blue Devils and documents the group's Oklahoma City base and Oklahoma performance circuit during 1925-1933.

Musical work

jazz trumpeter vocalist and bandleader | trumpeter; bandleader. Instruments recorded in the collection: trumpet; voice | trumpet. Genres: jazz; swing; blues.

Evidence and identity

Do not label Oklahoma-born; preserve the Blue Devils career connection. | high: direct OHS entry names Page in the Oklahoma City ensemble.

Page, Oran Thaddeus Hot Lips

TSHA supports Dallas birth and a documented 1928–1931 period touring with Walter Page's Blue Devils.

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Blue Devils

Walter Page, Oran Page, Buster Smith, Eddie Durham, and the Oklahoma City Blue Devils; 1925-1933 Oklahoma City period.

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Sources

  1. www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/page-oran-thaddeus-hot-lips
  2. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry