Original Dixieland Jazz Band

band · 1916 · Chicago

White quintet formed in Chicago in 1916 by Nick LaRocca, based in New York from 1917. It recorded for Victor on February 26, 1917, the first jazz record released, Livery Stable Blues, and left behind Tiger Rag.

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Styles

• Dixieland (ODJB, 1917)

Landmark tracks

• At the Jazz Band Ball (1917)
• Clarinet Marmalade (1918)

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Dedicated episode · Feb 26, 2017: Les 100 ans du premier disque de Jazz (59 Rue des Archives, TSF Jazz, in French)

Sources

• EN : Original Dixieland Jazz Band

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