Tiger Rag

Original Dixieland Jass Band · 1917

Context

The origins of the theme are disputed: New Orleans musicians said it was older, and Jelly Roll Morton claimed it as his own. The band copyrighted it in 1917 and recorded it on Aeolian-Vocalion, but this vertical-cut record sold poorly. The Victor version of March 1918 caught on and made the track a jazz standard.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Dixieland (ODJB, 1917). Among the origins and influences of Dixieland: New Orleans jazz.

Sources

• EN: Tiger Rag
• EN: Original Dixieland Jass Band

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