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Whilst maintaining their base in Kansas City they achieved national recognition with hits like Until the Real thing Comes Along in 1936 and toured both the east and west coasts. But after Mary Lou Williams left in 1942 the band lost some of its popularity. The band dissolved in 1948, but Kirk was still playing into the sixties. Other musicians in the band included Fats Navarro (trumpet), Howard McGhee (trumpet), Charlie Parker (alto saxophone) and Eddie DavisEdward Davis ( March 2, 1922 November 3, 1986), who performed and recorded as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He played with Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, Andy Kirk, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie, as well as leading hi (tenor Saxophone).