Missourians

The Missourians were a mid-western band that was greatly influenced by Benny Moten. In the mid-1920s they relocated to New York and played at the Cotton Club under the name of Andy Preer and the Cotton Club Orchestra and as the Cotton Club Orchestra. After Preer's death in 1927, Duke Ellington got the gig. The Missourians are best remembered today for their association with Cab Calloway, who first worked with them in New York, in 1928. In 1930, he took over the band, eventually changing its name to Cab Calloway and his Orchestra and they once again found themselves as the house band at the Cotton Club. R.Q. Dickerson plays some wonderful plunger-mute trumpet on Prohibition Blues.

Title	Recording Date	Recording Location	Company
"400" Hop (DePriest Wheeler)	8-1-1929	New York, New York	Victor V-38084-B
I've Got Someone (Charles H. Brooks)	8-1-1929	New York, New York	Victor V-38103-B
Missouri Moan (Jimmy E. Smith)	6-3-1929	New York, New York	Victor V-38067-B
Market Street Stomp (R.Q. Dickerson)	6-3-1929	New York, New York	Victor V-38067-A
Ozark Mountain Blues (R.Q. Dickerson)	6-3-1929	New York, New York	Victor V-38071-A
Prohibition Blues (Walter Thomas)	2-17-1930	New York, New York	Victor V-38120-A
Scotty Blues (George W. Scott)	8-1-1929	New York, New York	Victor V-38084-A
Stoppin' The Traffic (Leroy Maxey)	2-17-1930	New York, New York	Victor V-38120-B
Swingin' Dem Cats (Joe King)	2-17-1930	New York, New York	Victor V-38145-B
Two Hundred Squabble (Morris White)	2-17-1930	New York, New York	Victor V-38145-A
Vine Street Drag (J. Brown)	8-1-1929	New York, New York	Victor V-38103-A
You'll Cry For Me, But I'll Be Gone (Lamar White)	6-3-1929	New York, New York	Victor V-38071-B 53804-1
You'll Cry For Me, But I'll Be Gone (Lamar White)	6-3-1929	New York, New York	Victor V-38071-B 53804-2

Artist	Instrument
William Blue	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Andrew Brown	Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
Earres Prince	Piano
R.Q. Dickerson	Trumpet
Lockwood Lewis	Vocals, Leader
Leroy Maxey	Drums
George Scott	Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Jimmy Smith	Tuba
DePriest Wheeler	Trombone
Morris White	Violin