In the collection
2 records
Played with
Buster Bailey
2 records together
Unknown Artist
2 records together
Walter Page
2 records together
Count Basie
2 records together
Hot Lips Page
2 records together
Alvin Burroughs
2 records together
Wayman Carver
2 records together
Jimmy Rushing
2 records together
Wilbur De Paris
2 records together
Luther “Sonny” Craven
2 records together
About
US jazz trombonist, born July 24, 1901 in Montgomery City, Missouri. Trombonist Druie Bess moved to St. Louis in the 1930’s. He is a veteran of the Jesse Stone Blue Serenaders and the famed Oklahoma Blue Devils. His only two recorded solos were with Jesse Stone in St. Louis in 1926. He was one of the two leading trombones in the Midwest during the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. He had a long and distinguished career in St. Louis. Later, he played with the Earl Hines band in 1944-6.