Busoni's Danceland Featuring the Original Dixieland Jazz Band -- September 12, 2022

New York Daily News, 05-September-1922

On 26-February-1917, the Original Dixieland Jass Band made the first known jazz record, "Livery Stable Blues" and "Dixieland Jass Band One-Step," at the Victor studios.

This is an ad for an upcoming residency at the Busoni's Danceland on Broadway at 95th Street. Sadly, the ODJB members went on to insist that jazz was invented by white people, specifically themselves.

New York Daily News, 05-September-1922

And on the same page of the same issue of the same newspaper, we find this ad for the ODJB, which was appearing nightly at Busoni's Danceland in Coney Island. I wonder if the band commuted back and forth between the two places, or if they shifted from Coney Island to Broadway.

America's Highest-Priced Orchestra -- May 7, 2022

New York Evening News, 14-May-1922

On 26-February-1917, the Original Dixieland Jass Band made the first known jazz record, "Livery Stable Blues" and "Dixieland Jass Band One-Step," at the Victor studios. 

This is an ad for a residency at the Rosebud Ballroom in Coney Island. Sadly, the ODJB members went on to insist that jazz was invented by white people, specifically themselves.

Dance to This New Victrola Music -- May 19, 2021

 

West Virginian, 19-May-1921

This list of Victor Talking Machine Company records includes some scattered jazz titles. The Dixieland Jazz Band must be the aggregation known more commonly as the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. The Benson Orchestra of Chicago was a popular dance band that played some jazz.

First Jazz Record -- February 26, 2017

www.listal.com

100 years ago today, on 26-February-1917, the Original Dixieland Jass Band made the first known jazz record, "Livery Stable Blues" and "Dixieland Jass Band One-Step," at the Victor studios.  The members of the band were Alcide (Yellow) Nunez (clarinet), Nick LaRocca (cornet), Eddie Edwards (trombone), Henry Ragas (piano) and Tony Spargo (drums). 

Sadly, the ODJB members went on to insist that jazz was invented by white people, specifically themselves.