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Vess Ossman · 1899 · Cake-walk d'Abe Holzmann au banjo, parmi les premiers disques du genre

Context

Cakewalk by Abe Holzmann, recorded as a banjo solo by Vess L. Ossman on 18 October 1899 for Berliner (matrix 0611), in New York or Philadelphia. It is one of the earliest sound records of this dance genre.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Quadrille and cakewalk, Ragtime. Among the origins and influences of Quadrille and cakewalk: Afro-diasporic roots.

By the same artist

• Honolulu Cake Walk (1899)
• The Buffalo Rag (1906)

Sources

• adp.library.ucsb.edu
• EN: Vess Ossman

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