The Original Dixieland Jazz Band was not the First Group to play jazz, but historians agree its members were the first to record it commercially, with their landmark recording session 100 years ago ...

One hundred years ago this week, five New Orleans musicians made the first recording of a new genre of music unknown to most of the nation. “Livery Stable Blues,” the first studio number scratched ...

ODJB probably late 1936 - Livery Stable Blues Rare production footage discovered by film archivists Mark Cantor and Bob DeFlores shows the entire performance of Livery Stable Blues, with breaks for ...

For a newsreel, shot in late 1936 or early 1937, the band recreated their first recording session from February 26, 1917. A Rare Look at Tucker Cars Apollo 11 Launch: Photographed Inside the Epic ...

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