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Tin Roof Blues

New Orleans Rhythm Kings · 1923

Context

Cut in March 1923 at Gennett in Richmond, Indiana, by the white band formed at the Friars Inn in Chicago, with "That's a Plenty" on the B-side. George Brunies on trombone and Leon Roppolo on clarinet take the solos; the tune became a standard covered by King Oliver, Bechet or Armstrong.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

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