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Original Dixieland Jazz Band
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Original Dixieland Jass Band (after mid-1917 spelling changed to Jazz) A Chicago band that played the popular Dixieland Jazz style. A band which, in 1917, was the first ever to make a jazz recording. It was also the first jazz band to achieve widespread prominence. The Original Dixieland Jass Band are often known by their initials, the O.D.J.B. The band consisted of 5 white musicians who had previously been playing in the Papa Jack Laine bands, a diverse and racially integrated collection of musicians who played for parades, dances, and advertising in New Orleans. The O.D.J.B. were billed as the "Creators of Jazz". Trumpeter Nick LaRocca convinced himself, in his old age, that this was literally true, but there is no evidence from the interviews and writings of the other O.D.J.B. members that the rest of the band ever considered it anything more than a snappy advertising slogan. In early 1916 a promoter from Chicago, Illinois approached clarinetist Alcide Nunez and drummer Johnny Stein about bringing a New Orleans style band to Chicago, where a similar band led by trombonist Tom Brown was already enjoying success. They then assembled trombonist Eddie Edwards, pianist Henry Ragas and cornetist Frank Christian. Shortly before they were to leave, Christian backed out, and Nick LaRocca was hired as a last minute replacement. On March 3, 1916 the musicians began their job at Schiller's Cafe in Chicago under the name Stein's Dixie Jass Band. The band was a hit and received off
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The Complete Original Dixieland Jazz Band
1917-36
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Masters of Classic Jazz: Dixieland
The First Jazz Recordings, 1917-1921
The Creators Of Jazz
Pioneer Recording Bands 1917-1920
Presenting The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
In London 1919-1920 Plus the Okeh Sessions 1922-1923
The Best Of Dixieland
The 75th Anniversary
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band Remastered
The Return 1935-38