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 |
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