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- Territory_band abstract "Territory bands were dance bands that crisscrossed specific regions of the United States from the 1920s through the 1960s. Beginning in the 1920s, the bands typically had 8 to 12 musicians. These bands typically played one-nighters, 6 or 7 nights a week at venues like VFW halls, Elks Lodges, Lions Clubs, hotel ballrooms, and the like. Francis Davis, jazz critic for The Village Voice, likened territory bands to "the Top 40 cover bands (of the 1970s and 1980s) of their day, typically relying on stock arrangements of other ensembles' hits." He said, "many historians give much credit to territory bands for popularizing modern ballroom dancing that began during the World War I era with the influence of Vernon and Irene Castle."Territory bands helped disseminate popular music — which included swing, jazz, sweet dance music, or any combination thereof — bringing it to remote gin mills and dance halls that were otherwise ignored by national booking agents representing genuine recording stars like Ellington and Armstrong. Many developed original repertoires and signature sounds, none more storied than Walter Page's Blue Devils, the Oklahoma City-based outfit that Count Basie joined in 1926.".
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- Territory_band wikiPageExternalLink index.php?id=77912.
- Territory_band wikiPageExternalLink www.bbdb.us.
- Territory_band wikiPageExternalLink Home.html.
- Territory_band wikiPageExternalLink fritsche.htm.
- Territory_band wikiPageExternalLink www.whoopeejohn.com.
- Territory_band wikiPageExternalLink michelle_holland_masters.pdf?sequence=1.
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- Territory_band wikiPageRevisionID "674953209".
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Adolphus_Hotel.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Alabama.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Albany,_NY.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Albany,_New_York.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Alphonse_Trent.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Alphonso_Trent.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Alto_saxophone.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Amarillo.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Amarillo,_Texas.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Andy_Kirk_(musician).
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Anna_Mae_Winburn.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Aragon_Ballroom_(Chicago).
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Atlanta.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Atlanta,_GA.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Austin,_MN.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Austin,_Minnesota.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Austin,_TX.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Austin,_Texas.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Austin_Wylie.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Baker_Hotel_(Mineral_Wells,_Texas).
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Ballroom_dance.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Ballroom_dancing.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Banjo.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Baylor_University.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Benevolent_and_Protective_Order_of_Elks.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Bennie_Moten.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Bermuda.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Big_band.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Bing_Crosby.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Buffalo,_NY.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Buffalo,_New_York.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Buster_Bailey.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Buster_Smith.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Cab_Calloway.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Casa_Loma_Orchestra.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Castle_Walk.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th_century_in_music.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Category:American_music_history.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jazz_culture.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Category:Jazz_terminology.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Category:Musical_terminology.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Category:Occupations_in_music.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Category:Types_of_musical_groups.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Cedar_Rapids.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Central_City,_NE.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Central_City,_Nebraska.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Charlotte,_North_Carolina.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Chicago.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Chick_Webb.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Clare_Fischer.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Clarence_Love.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Clear_Lake,_IA.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Clear_Lake,_Iowa.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Coon-Sanders_Original_Nighthawk_Orchestra.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Cotton_Club.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Count_Basie.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Cover_band.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Cover_bands.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Crooner.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Crooning.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Dallas.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Dallas,_TX.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Dallas-Fort_Worth.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Dallas–Fort_Worth_metroplex.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Darlings_of_Rhythm.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Denver.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Des_Moines,_IA.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Des_Moines,_Iowa.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Dirk_Fischer.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Double_bass.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Dreamland_Ballroom.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Duke_Ellington.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Earl_%22Fatha%22_Hines.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Earl_Hines.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink East_Coast_Swing.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Edgar_Hayes.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Edgewater_Beach_Hotel.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink El_Paso,_TX.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink El_Paso,_Texas.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Electric_guitar.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Fats_Navarro.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Fergus_Falls.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Fergus_Falls,_Minnesota.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Fletcher_Henderson.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Fort_Worth,_TX.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Fort_Worth,_Texas.
- Territory_band wikiPageWikiLink Francis_Davis.