⬇️ HOT LIPS PAGE ⬇️
(Oran Thaddeus "Hot Lips" Page)
(8CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Page was a member of Walter Page's Blue Devils, Artie Shaw's Orchestra
and Count Basie's Orchestra, and he worked with Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith
and Ida Cox. He was one of the five musicians booked for the opening
night at Birdland with Charlie Parker in 1949.
Oran Thadeus Page was born in Dallas, Texas, United States, to a
schoolteacher and musician mother. He moved with his mother to Corsicana
where he began attending Corsicana High School and later Texas College
while also working at the oilfields. His earliest gigs were in circuses
and minstrel shows while also backing such blues singers as Ma Rainey,
Bessie Smith, and Ida Cox. Page's main trumpet influence was Louis
Armstrong, though throughout his career he cited other local trumpeters,
including Harry Smith (Kansas City) and Benno Kennedy (San Antonio) as
being early influences.
In the mid-1920s, while still a teenager, he is believed to have
appeared with Troy Floyd and His Orchestra in San Antonio, Texas, and
with Eddie and Sugar Lou, a dance band headquartered in Tyler, Texas,
though no documentation has been unearthed to support his presence in
either band. He also claimed to have appeared around 1925 with a band in
Shreveport, Louisiana, known as Goog and His Jazz Babies and with a band
in New Orleans known as French's Jazz Orchestra, though no documentation
has been discovered.
In 1926, he caught the eye of the bassist Walter Page (no relation) who
had recently assumed leadership of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils. It is
believed that Oran Page joined the Blue Devils circa 1927, though no
known documentation exists to support his presence with the band until
the fall of 1928. He played and toured with the Blue Devils until early
1931, when he joined the Bennie Moten Orchestra, the leading dance band
of Kansas City
Though not a regular member of the band, Page appeared as a vocalist,
emcee and hot trumpet soloist with Count Basie's Reno Club orchestra,
after the Moten band finally disbanded upon that leader's sudden death
in April 1935. Page embarked upon a solo career during this period,
playing with small pick up bands from Kansas City, where he had moved in
early 1931.
The Reno Club, in downtown Kansas City, had a floor show, which
included Page and vocalist Jimmy Rushing. Basie's band was just starting
to build their reputation, but in the summer of 1936—on the eve of
Basie's national success—and at the beckoning of Louis Armstrong's
manager, Joe Glaser, Page decided to pursue a solo career. He moved to
New York City in December 1936....
(Wikipedia)
Easy Does It
COLLECTION
On The Blues Side (1940-50)
HOLP-2003-On The Blues Side (1940-50) @FLAC
(1938-40)
CC 0561 - Hot Lips Page (1938-40) @FLAC
(1940-44)
(1944-46)
CC0950 - Hot Lips Page (1944-46) @FLAC
Blind John Davis & Hot Lips Page
CD 33-34 The Blues Jumped The Rabbit
NBTB-CD 33-34 Davis & Page
2 comments:
Thanks for the Hot Lips Page posting. Unfortunately the link for the Chronological Classics 1940-1944 is a repeat of HOLP-2003-On the Blues Side (1940-50). Best wishes.
Thanks for a few albums I found here today.
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