PAGE, ORAN THADDEUS (HOT LIPS
). Jazz trumpeter ( in Dallas, Texas; in New York, New York). As a child he studied piano with his mother. He played clarinet, saxophone, and by the time he was twelve years old, trumpet. His first professional experience was with a band that accompanied
Gertrude (Ma
) Rainey's
touring show. Thereafter he worked with various groups, including a T.O.B.A. show (Theater Owners Booking Association), Troy Flody, the Blue...