Paul Banks

Paul Banks was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer and lyricist.

In September 1923, Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra recorded four of Banks's compositions for OKeh Records.

Based in Kansas City in the mid-1920s, Banks's bands were contemporaneous with those of the more successful Bennie Moten, Jack Washington joined shortly after before going on to join Bennie Moten's rival band in mid-1927.

Compositions (as recorded by other artists) "Ill Natured Blues" - recorded Sept. 1923 by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra; Ada Brown (vocals) - OKeh 8456 "Chattanooga Blues" - recorded Sept. 1923 by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra; Mary H. Bradford (vocals) - OKeh 8457 "Selma Bama Blues" - recorded Sept. 1923 by Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra; Mary H. Bradford (vocals) - OKeh 8461 "Waco, Texas Blues" - recorded Sept. 1923 by Mary H. Bradford (vocals); Bennie Moten (piano); Lamar Wright (cornet) - OKeh 8463 "Chattanooga Blues" - recorded Oct. 1926 by Lester McFarland (guitar and vocals) - Brunswick E4210-E4211

Discography Nov. 1929: "Garbage Can Blues" - Paul Banks (piano); Sylvester Kimbrough (vocals) - Brunswick KC606 Nov. 1929: "Bird Liver Blues" - Paul Banks (piano); Sylvester Kimbrough (vocals) - Brunswick KC607