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- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band abstract "The Mills Blue Rhythm Band was an American big band of the 1930s.The band was formed in Harlem in 1930, with reedman Bingie Madison the first of its many leaders. It started life as the Coconut Grove Orchestra, changing to Mills Blue Rhythm Band when Irving Mills became its manager in 1931. At various times the same group was known as the "Blue Rhythm Band", "Blue Ribbon Band", "Blue Rhythm Boys", "The Blue Racketeers", "Earl Jackson's Musical Champions", "Earl Jackson and his Orchestra", "Duke Wilson and his Ten Blackberries", "King Carter's Royal Orchestra", "Mills Music Masters", "Harlem Hot Shots" and uncredited playing behind Louis Armstrong.The Mills Blue Rhythm Band were based at The Cotton Club in New York. They worked steadily through the 1930s deputizing for the Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway Orchestras; often taking their undesirable engagements. Violinist Carroll Dickerson briefly fronted the band, followed by Drummer Willie Lynch in 1931 and then compere Jimmy Ferguson (Baron Lee). Edgar Hayes, Eddie Mallory and Dave Nelson all had temporary stints as band leader until Lucky Millinder permanently took over the role in 1934. (During 1932, the year that Baron Lee fronted the band, they took part many sessions that yielded 22 recordings; after Millinder took over, they recorded roughly twice as many recordings.)The band recorded 150 sides for a variety of labels including Brunswick, Columbia, Victor, the ARC stable of labels (including Oriole, Perfect, Regal, Romeo, Banner, Melotone, Domino), Variety, and Vocalion. Despite success with a few hit records (including "Truckin'" and "Ride, Red, Ride") and a strong lineup of talented soloists, the group never attained the prominence of their peers. This is often attributed to the lack of a single identifiable leader, and Irving Mills' preference to have the band perform an understudy role. The group disbanded in 1938. Millinder joined Bill Doggett's band before reforming it into his own orchestra in 1940Irving Mills revived the Mills Blue Rhythm Band name for two recording sessions in 1947 under the guidance of Van Alexander. The only original band member at either of the 1947 sessions was trumpeter Charlie Shavers.Many of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band's recordings are now considered jazz classics by collectors. Original records regularly appear on auction lists (which indicates that they did sell records over their lifespan), and recent reissue and remastering projects have made their recordings more widely available.".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band activeYearsEndYear "1938".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band activeYearsStartYear "1930".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Blue Rhythm Band".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Blue Rhythm Boys".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Blue Ribbon Band".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Coconut Grove Orchestra".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Duke Wilson and his Ten Blackberries".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Earl Jackson and his Orchestra".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Earl Jackson's Musical Champions".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Harlem Hot Shots".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "King Carter's Royal Orchestra".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Mills Music Masters".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "The Blue Racketeers".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band associatedBand Edgar_Hayes.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band associatedBand Louis_Armstrong.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band associatedBand Lucky_Millinder.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band associatedMusicalArtist Edgar_Hayes.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band associatedMusicalArtist Louis_Armstrong.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band associatedMusicalArtist Lucky_Millinder.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band background "group_or_band".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Benny_James.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Billy_Kyle.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Buster_Bailey.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Carroll_Dickerson.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Castor_McCord.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Charlie_Holmes.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Charlie_Shavers.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Crawford_Wethington.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Edgar_Hayes.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Gene_Mikell.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember George_Washington_(trombonist).
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Harry_Edison.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember J._C._Higginbotham.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Joe_Garland.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Lawrence_Lucie.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Lucky_Millinder.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember O'Neill_Spencer.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Red_Allen.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Shelton_Hemphill.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Tab_Smith.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Wardell_Jones.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band formerBandMember Wilbur_de_Paris.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band genre Big_band.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band genre Jazz.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band hometown New_York.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band hometown New_York_City.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band hometown United_States.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band recordLabel Banner_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band recordLabel Brunswick_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band recordLabel Columbia_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band recordLabel Melotone_Records_(US).
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band recordLabel Oriole_Records_(U.S.).
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band recordLabel Perfect_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band recordLabel Regal_Records_(1921).
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band recordLabel Romeo_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band recordLabel Variety_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band recordLabel Victor_Talking_Machine_Company.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band wikiPageID "810541".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band wikiPageRevisionID "560919418".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Blue Rhythm Band".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Blue Rhythm Boys".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Blue Ribbon Band".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Coconut Grove Orchestra".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Duke Wilson and his Ten Blackberries".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Earl Jackson and his Orchestra".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Earl Jackson's Musical Champions".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Harlem Hot Shots".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "King Carter's Royal Orchestra".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "Mills Music Masters".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alias "The Blue Racketeers".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band alt "Two trombonists and three trumpet players facing inwards".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band associatedActs Edgar_Hayes.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band associatedActs Louis_Armstrong.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band associatedActs Lucky_Millinder.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band background "group_or_band".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band caption "Mills Blue Rhythm Band. From left to right: George Washington, J. C. Higginbotham, Henry "Red" Allen, Wardell Jones and Shelton Hemphill".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band genre Big_band.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band genre Jazz.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band hasPhotoCollection Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band label Banner_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band label Brunswick_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band label Columbia_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band label Melotone_Records_(US).
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band label Oriole_Records_(U.S.).
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band label Perfect_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band label Regal_Records_(1921).
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band label Romeo_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band label Variety_Records.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band label Victor_Talking_Machine_Company.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band name "Mills Blue Rhythm Band".
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band origin New_York.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band origin New_York_City.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band origin United_States.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band pastMembers Benny_James.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band pastMembers Billy_Kyle.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band pastMembers Buster_Bailey.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band pastMembers Carroll_Dickerson.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band pastMembers Castor_McCord.
- Mills_Blue_Rhythm_Band pastMembers Charlie_Holmes.