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Blues in A Minor

Blue Ribbon Syncopators

George West, Gil Roberts, Harry Tate, Herbert Diemer, Hurley Diemer

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This recording was produced in Buffalo, New York during March of 1925 featuring Harry Tate trumpet, Herbert Diemer alto & bass sax, George West piano, Gilbert 'Gil' Roberts banjo, and Hurley Diemer drums.

*"Blues in A Minor" was composed by Harry Tate.

The "Blue Ribbon Syncopators" band of Buffalo, New York prominently featured saxophonist Willard Brown and a young banjo player by the name of Gil Roberts.

Roberts would tour more than twenty countries as a member of Louis Armstrong's band during the 1930s.