The Oklahoma City Blue Devils was the premier American Southwest territory jazz band in the 1920s.
[1] Originally called Billy King's Road Show, it disbanded in Oklahoma City in 1925 where Walter Page renamed it.
[2] The name Blue Devils came from the name of a gang of fence cutters operating during the early days of the American West.
[3][4] Several prominent jazz musicians were members, including Lester Young, William "Count" Basie and Buster Smith.
[5] 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.