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Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Tiger Rag (1917 version) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 10, 09

This band has received plenty of attention from jazz writers, but only occasionally for its music. White musicians m...

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Tiger Rag (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

The second version of this Dixieland standard as recorded by the first orchestra of recorded jazz has much to listen ...

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Ostrich Walk (1917) (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 09, 07

After recording "Ostrich Walk" annually from 1917-1919, the ODJB did so again in 1936, 1943, 1945 and 1946. It took a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ FOR THE BIRDS

It's only fitting. Since birds inspire us with their songs, composers return the favor, dedicating music in every gen...

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Livery Stable Blues (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

20th-century popular arts were bundled with the technology used to deliver them. Jazz is a case in point. Not until t...

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: The Darktown Strutters' Ball (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 17, 07

"Darktown Strutters' Ball" stems from the cakewalk, a popular Southern spectator sport in which pre-bellum slaveholde...

Larocca, Jimmy (James C.) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Larocca, Jimmy (James C.), trumpet; b. New Orleans, LA, 27 October 1939. He grew up in New Orleans and was taught tru...

Frank Trumbauer & Bix Beiderbecke: Clarinet Marmalade (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music November 20, 07

Set to wax earlier on the same day as “Singin’ the Blues,” “Clarinet Marmalade” is notable for a few reasons: Bix, fo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL BIX BEIDERBECKE

     Bix Beiderbecke, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931) is, in t...

Beiderbecke, Leon 'Bix' posted in Encyclopedia January 07, 08

       Bix Beiderbecke, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Cornetist Leon ‘Bix’...

A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews August 26, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia New Orleans does not rank in the top 50 cities in the US, when measured by population. It...

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