The Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) was a Dixieland jazz band that made the first jazz recordings in early 1917. Their "Livery Stable Blues" became...
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recordings by the Original Dixieland Jass Band (which shortly thereafter changed the spelling of its name to "Original Dixieland Jazz Band"), fostered awareness...
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Nick LaRocca (category Original Dixieland Jass Band members)
early jazz cornetist and trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band, who is credited by some as being "the father of modern jazz". He...
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Tiger Rag (category Original Dixieland Jass Band songs)
Rag" is a jazz standard that was recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions...
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Larry Shields (category Original Dixieland Jass Band members)
1953) was an early American dixieland jazz clarinetist. He was a member of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz band to record commercially. Shields...
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1940s. Larry Shields was the clarinetist for the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz band to record commercially in 1917. The American players...
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Eddie Edwards (musician) (category Original Dixieland Jass Band members)
(May 22, 1891 – April 9, 1963) was an early jazz trombonist who was a member of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Edwards...
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"At the Jazz Band Ball" is a 1917 jazz instrumental recorded by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. The instrumental is one of the earliest and most recorded...
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J. Russel Robinson (category Original Dixieland Jass Band members)
1963) was an American ragtime, dixieland, and blues pianist and composer. He was a member of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. Robinson was born in Indianapolis...
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Originally simply called "jazz", the music of early jazz bands is today often referred to as "Dixieland" or "New Orleans jazz", to distinguish it from...
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