![]() The documentary also follows Fort Worth’s Ornette Coleman, Deep Ellum’s Blind Lemon Jefferson and Denton’s Stan Kenton. A jazz trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader, Page was a member of Walter Page’s Blue Devils, Artie Shaw’s Orchestra and Count Basis’s Orchestra, but in his earlier years he toured with Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith and Ida Cox. Oran Thaddeus “Hot Lips” Page, whom the film is named after, is one of the North Texas jazz musicians the film highlights. Top Ten’s Texas Music Archive Initiative wants people to know that too and remember it. Top Ten Records board member Clarence Williams wrote and directed Hot Lips and Harmolodics - The Northern Texas Influence on Jazz Music that “explores the broad impact jazz musicians from the Dallas area had from the early part of the 20th century through modern times.” Yeah, you can add Dallas to the list of music cities for its incredible talent – it’s what we’ve been trying to tell you. ![]() Top Ten Records, Dallas’ longest-running record store and now arts & culture nonprofit, debuted its first educational film right across Jefferson Boulevard in Oak Cliff. Tony Award-Winning Musical Hadestown Coming To Winspear Opera House, Missing The Ben & Skin Show For Now And More. ![]()
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