found: 1929 [SR] p2001:label (Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders)
found: Oxford music online, July 14, 2017:New Grove dictionary of jazz, 2nd edition (under Howard, Paul (Leroy): Howard's band, the Quality Four, was renamed the Quality Serenaders in 1924; one of the finest bands on the West Coast)
found: Wikipedia, July 14, 2017(article on Paul Howard (musician): Quality Serenaders, formed 1925 by Paul Howard; sidemen included George Orendorff, Lionel Hampton (playing drums), Lawrence Brown (trombone), and Charlie Lawrence, reeds; played at Sebastian's Cotton Club from 1927 to 1929 and recorded for Victor Records before disbanding in 1930)