Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers

Band featured in the opening of the Riviera Hotel when it opened in Las vegas on April 20th, 1955. The band were initially booked for 2-weeks, but ended up staying for 9-months. Swingin' on Central Avenue African American Jazz in Los Angeles By Peter Vacher · 2015 Members of the Honey Jumpers included Freddie Simon, George Favors, Maurice Simon, Chuck Norris, along with Pianists Austin McCoy and Christine Chapman. Chapman was from Indiana, played some in Chicago and moved to Los Angeles after getting booted from the local musicians union in Chicago. The lineup went through several changes, and some very notable Los Angeles talent came through the doors at various points of time. People like Randy Jones, Pete Fox, Cornel Gunter, and Young Jessie.