Original Dixieland "Jass" Band - The Creators of Jazz (1917)

Original Dixieland "Jass" Band - The Creators of Jazz (1917)

Nick LaRocca cornet Eddie Edwards trombone Larry Shields clarinet
Henry Ragas piano Tony Sbarbaro drums
Composed by Shelton Brooks

01. Dixieland One-Step (1st Jazz Record released 1917)
02. Livery Stable Blues (1st Jazz Record released 1917)

03. Reisenweber Rag
04. Lazy Daddy (1918)
05. Ostrich Walk 18-3-1918
06. At The Darktown Strutters Ball
07. Clarinet Marmalade Blues
08. Dangerous Blues
09. Margie
10. Royal Garden Blues - Victor 18798
11. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
12. Alexander’s Rag Time Band
13. Down In Old New Orleans
14. Eh-La-Bas
15. Tiger Rag
16. Firehouse Five Plus 2

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Original Dixieland "Jass" Band

‘We are grateful for the warning’ wrote the semi-satirical magazine Punch in April 1919 upon the arrival of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in London. Exactly what they were warning their readership about is open to conjecture as it is unlikely that anybody on the staff of Punch had even heard the Original Dixieland Jazz Band!

Anyway, for the world of popular music the warning was at least two years too late as the ODJB had made their first recordings ninety-one years ago this year, on Monday, 26th February, 1917 in the New York Studios of the Victor Talking Machine Company. The appearance of Victor 18255 in the Spring of 1917 changed the world of popular music for ever.

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Original Dixieland "Jass" Band 1917

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band contributed two important firsts, they made the first jazz recordings in 1917 and they were the first New Orleans band to make an impact in New York City. Some original members of the band: Nick LaRocca, Alcie Nunez, Johnny Stein, Henry Ragas & Eddie Edwards. This band was influential in the development of modern jazz and leader Nick LaRocca's composition, "Tiger Rag," was an important jazz standard.

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The Complete Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1917 - 1936)

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
The Complete Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Label: RCA
[Record. Year: Feb 26, 1917-Sep 25, 1936] 1995
MP3@192kbps
Time: 105:05

This double-CD has all of the Victor recordings of the first jazz group to record, The Original Dixieland Jazz Band. The five-piece New Orleans band, which essentially stuck exclusively to ensembles, set the standard for 1917-21 jazz. Their "Livery Stable Blues" (which found the horns imitating barnyard animals) was a big hit, and The ODJB introduced such future Dixieland standards as "Original Dixieland One-Step," "At the Jazz Band Ball," "Fidgety Feet," "Sensation," "Clarinet Marmalade," "Jazz Me Blues," "Royal Garden Blues," and "Tiger Rag." The 23 numbers from 1917-21 (which are rounded out by the humorous "Bow Wow Blues (My Mama Treats Me like a Dog)") were reissued on a single CD by Bluebird, but this two-fer also has The ODJB's "comeback" recordings of 1936; six titles by the original five members, plus eight very rare titles which find The ODJB forming the nucleus of a musical, if not too distinctive, big band. Important historical music.
~ AMG, Scott Yanow

Disc 1 :
1. Livery Stable Blues - 3:09
2. Original Dixieland One-Step (Intro. "That Teasin' Rag") - 2:37
3. At The Jazz Band Ball - 2:41
4. Ostrich Walk - 3:16
5. Skeleton Jangle - 2:54
6. Tiger Rag - 3:07
7. Bluin' The Blues - 3:22
8. Fidgety Feet - 2:45
9. Sensation Rag - 2:59
10. Mournin' Blues - 2:56
11. Clarinet Marmelade Blues - 2:49
12. Lazy Daddy - 3:21
13. Margie - 3:09
14. Palesteena - 2:41
15. Broadway Rose (Introducing "Dolly I Love You") - 3:19
16. Sweet Mama (Papa's Getting Mad) - 3:24
17. Home Again Blues (Introducing "Lindy") - 2:45
18. Crazy Blues (Introducing "It's Right Here For You") - 2:38

Disc 2 :
1. Jazz Me Blues - 3:03
2. St. Louis Blues - 3:14
3. Royal Garden Blues - 3:00
4. Dangerous Blues - 3:06
5. Bow Wow Blues (My Mama Treats Me Like A Dog) - 3:16
6. Skeleton Jangle - 2:41
7. Clarinet Marmelade - 2:28
8. Bluin' The Blues - 2:43
9. Tiger Rag - 2:41
10. Barn Yard Blues - 2:35
11. Original Dixieland One-Step - 2:35
12. Bluin' The Blues - 2:48
13. Tiger Rag - 2:50
14. Ostrich Walk - 2:37
15. Original Dixieland One-Step - 2:34
16. Satanic Blues - 2:45
17. Toddlin' Blues - 2:48
18. Who Loves You? - 2:36
19. Fidgety Feet (War Cloud) - 2:24

Part 1 .:. Part 2

1917 _ Original Dixieland Jazz Band _"The Creators Of Jazz"

just to mention to whoever doesn't know:

Livery Stable Blues was the 1st ever jazz tune to be recorded in a recording studio.