original dixieland jazz band

[charlesnorte]

Creators?

[1966Vikingo]

BELLO

[Yuki9335]

suddenly give me a thoughts of "TOM AND JERRY!"

[darkkoolman1]

@ookiss00 not this song though..

[Ballsinger]

super mario theme @ :28

[PGm0nkey]

@Ballsinger lol and it is :)

[PGm0nkey]

@analurabelo if you call this pop then i don't think you know what you're talking about, i know that the black players were the best but, some white folk acctually had a ear for this music and had a go.

[TigerRocket]

People who make a meaningless contest of who was first or who was best understand nothing about music. Sharing a blood line with folks doesn't give one an instant credit of respect. It needs to be earned, like all of these past artist have proven. They don't owe us, but rather we owe them. 'First' and 'best' doesn't mean a damn thing where the art of music is concerned.

[luvbird8506]

uuuggghhhh!!!! when am i ever gonna find some good 1920's jazz music!!!!!!!

[Oreyenal]

Great music



[analurabelo]

Oh, man, this is not a true jazz! This is just pop-dumb white loosers song, man!

[darkkoolman1]

@analurabelo your right. it isnt jazz. its blues, like it said in the title.

[MALAAVIA]

grandissimi !!

[jlittle3010]

like listening to a bit of historic but classic music

[G78745J]

White people didn"t have any thing to do with the creation of Jazz, Blues, R&B, NOR, Rock & Roll, and other African or African American Art form Music.

Dixieland band was the name of a New Orleans band at the time, when the copyrights started whites Copyrighted it from the black band. The original group then Copyrighted, The Original Dixieland band. Every music white people in America play has black influence. If you took it out you would be singing How Much is That Dog in the Window.

[yankeedoodlecajun]

@G78745J and if we took the black people out we'd have no prisons, so which would you rather?

[mmundo219]

@yankeedoodlecajun trust you would have prisons, Americans are troubled peoples.

[OneGameGeek]

@yankeedoodlecajun Wow man... Racist much? BTW, there are plenty of races in prisons, INCLUDING white people... Those things called Aryan gangs. There are also Asians, Latinos, etc.

[BlacknesUnforgivable]

@yankeedoodlecajun the prisons are filled with whites

[baseket2ball12]

@G78745J stop talkin to yourself dude.

[enigmism4life]

@G78745J well scott joplin, bix biederbeck etc were a part of it's development, but it def originated in african american culture, however, I think jazz represents what great things can happen when cultures collide, for example, the instruments used and a lot of the harmony (though not the rules) came from western musical history.

[blieb557]

is there a resemblance between this drum head and the one used on the cover of the beatles album "sgt. peppers lonely hearts club band"

[FredsBands]

a lot of this is playred in 'straight time', or very close to it

[Dax3060]

@BabiuuDinaaa792 No.

[peoman2]

These guys were racist assholes and their music sucks.

[timesurfer11]

@peoman2 These guys invented JASS, my dear :-)

[nounnoun]

@timesurfer11 They created JAZZ? Lol!!! But they were, however, the first commercially successful jazz band, so let's give them respect where respect is due...

[timesurfer11]

@nounnoun Thanks for that :-) But which other less successful Jazz bands existed before the ODJB released their first record in february 1917? Buddy Bolden and his famous Jazz Band, I see :-)

Nevertheless the best Jazz Bands where black ones from the mid twenties on. That´s a fact. Fletcher Henderson, Bennie Moten, Duke Ellington and so on. I love them all, especially Coleman Hawkins :-)

[gamergator]

They're great, but honestly?  White dudes just don't do it justice.

[TheODJB]

Great video show of the band. Google search odjb (official band site) to see more about the history. Glad to see so many people who truely understand and love New Orleans jazz. Also, a very good timeline of recorded jazz and insight into the history at NewOrleansJazz - Enjoy and let's keep ALL New Orleans jazz - past & present popular and swingin hard.

[Aussieman333]

That was very WORD

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

These guys broke new ground..and then the Dukes of Dixieland did the harvesting....The Dukes, best there ever was.

[StrictlyBG]

capuccino music

[MustaffaCuppa]

I absolutely LOVE this type of music!! Thanks so much for posting this video.

[SuikaYOU]

Hello everyone. :)

I'm in english class and I got to find Jazz Dixieland music.

Could anyone advice me on some records ?

Thank you !

[BobE1945]

kingoma61 - you have it dead wrong.

By 1917 Armstrong was already on his way to be one of the hottest jazzmen in New Orleans.

When Joe Oliver left for Chicago he was the hottest jazzman in New Orleans.

He needed no meek influnces like the ODJB to guide him!

None of teh ODJB, nor any whiteman was ever known as a King of Jazz - you had Bunk Johnsxon, Buddy Bolden, Joe Oloiver and then Louis. All out of New Orleans. The last King was Nat "King"Cole.

[mooaks1]

I wonder if you realize that The great Jimmy Durante played piano on the very first dixieland jazz recording. I believe it was called dixieland one step or something like that.

[HarborGuy]

This is really the start of the "White" Jazz Bands that sprung up in the l920's. There were no Black or Colored Bands.........during that era. They had their own recordings and dance halls, etc. and many recording companies dubbed them as "Race Records"  Jazz started out as being comedic and gradually progressed. There was no Swing in Jazz. I don't know how we evolved into that in the l930's.

[DSXmachine]

This is NOT "early" American music.

[kingoma61]

In 2006, the ODJB recording of "Darktown Strutters' Ball" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, one of the earliest jazz recordings so honored. The ODJB 1920 composition "Singin' the Blues" has also been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in a 1927 recording by Frankie Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, and Eddie Lang. "Margie" is another jazz classic by the ODJB. The ODJB have been covered by Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Fletcher Henderson, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller.

[irishpride664]

get off LGL. music is subjective and therefore isn't liked by everyone. stop judging him based on his tastes because no one has the same taste. one of music's greatest qualities is that there is no automatically "good" or "bad" genres.

[Braaap250r]

Can I just say Jelly Roll had a million times more soul than this concert band knock off to quote " make jazz popular".

[Ledunov]

Dixie and big-bands of 20's-30's is REAL jazz!

[TheDwill1234]

Jazz studies class sucks

[LGLG69]

I like jazz, but New Orleans style jazz is one form I don't care for.

[2hottric]

@LGLG69 what are u serious new orleans is the birth place of jazz if it wasnt for new orleans jazz people from other states wouldnt even no about jazz music and not to mention the great louis armstrong one of the best there was a legend u dnt no good music thats your problem

[LGLG69]

@2hottric ..."good music" to me is Coltrane, Mingus, Morgan for example. There are many others, but just not this style. I know this is where it all began, but that doesn't mean you have to like it.

[2hottric]

@LGLG69 well jus like i said u dnt know good music but i guess if u dnt like louis armstrong u r crazy

[crazyazn52]

@2hottric Louis Armstrong could quite possibly be the most Influential Musician of all time. I mean without jazz music we wouldn't have rock because thats where its derived from soooo LOUIS ARMSTRONG FTW! lol

[kingoma61]

@crazyazn52 Louis Armstrong was very much influenced by the ODJB. He recorded several cover versions of "Tiger Rag" which are available on Youtube. He owes much to the groundbreaking work the ODJB did to establish jazz in 1917. Louis Armstrong respected and admired the achievement of the ODJB. Why can't you?

[crazyazn52]

@kingoma61 i never said i did, i'm trying to tell that LGLG69 that he needs to broaden his tastes, because he's all into these other stuff without knowing that Jazz is the point of origin.

[alexanderetter]

@LGLG69 you are probably a modernist and too high educated for this folk-style. aren't you?

[fukthejonasbrothers]

this a poorly composed piece, maybe its the old recording but it just sounds bad

[ursulaheppworth]

I love this kind of music..its totally joyous yet vit has sad roots really

[ookiss00]

this music is on bishock 2

[gitinternational]

the punk rock of its day,brilliant

[up2space]

interesting to listen to different takes, it makes the music so much more alive. how could anyone listen to this and deny their truth.

[alontas]

Henry Ragas is named in many books on Jazz, like: WILLIAMS, Martin: Jazz Masters of New Orleans, 1967. SCHULLER, Gunther: Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, 1968; HENTOFF, Nat & McCARTHY, Albert: Jazz, 1978 and FEATHER, Leonard: The Book of Jazz, 1976. Some books don´t mention him, especially those written by Europeans. In recent yrs, the work of ODJB has been given more value & importance. One of my books names Ragas as "Harry", but in the other three is "Henry".

[turnkeyservicepro]

Are musician's names listed? My great-uncle played piano with the band before his untimely death (just before leaving fo a tour of Europe with the band)

His name was Henry Ragas

[dhgate2]

Henry Ragas....sure!  He was the pianist before J. Russell Robinson....died tragically young. Do you live in New Orleans?

[turnkeyservicepro]

Yes I'm still holding on in, or should I say I'm still being held by the city?

[HolyFreakinScot]

Tiger Rag, Clairinet Marmalaide, man those were great!

[Corrie121]

Musicians who were members of the ODJB were Harry Ragas - who was a victim of the 'flu epidemic - p. J. R. Robinson, p. Tony Sbarbaro, d. Yellow Nunez, cl. Larry Shields, cl. Eddie Edwards, tb. Emile Christian, tb. and Bennie Krueger, alto. Oh !! I almost forgot to mention Nick la Rocca !

They all played at one time or another with the ODJB.

[Star0Crossed]

did Walt Disney ODJB in its older

cartoons?

i'm pretty sure.

[alexanderetter]

it is perhaps not the band itself but the kind of musik (rag time and early jazz) was surly used for cartoons:)

[nemesis700]

yeah u right...i was thinkin the same thing...its sounds really really really similar...like that old betty boop disney cartoons...especially ;30-35

[up2space]

this is a different take than the one I've heard.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Jazz Me Blues.

[Mandolinplayer15]

Einfach toll diese Musik^^

[jazzgirl1920s]

"Royal Garden Blues" was another one of the tunes the band recorded at a slower tempo. They also played a tune called "Rambling Blues" but never recorded it. I have 2 cards advertising an appearance by the band at the Cafe La Marne in Atlantic City. One card mentions "Rambling Blues" featured by the Dixieland Band. The other mentions the Original Dixieland Jazz Band will play at the Cafe La Marne beginning on June 15 and will play there throughout the summer.

[dancingwithfrogs]

Dabei waren es vor allem die schwarzen Musiker, die den Jazz später weiterentwickelten und den Blues mit hineinbrachten: Fletcher Henderson, Bennie Moten, Duke Ellington und Solisten wie Coleman Hawkins u.a.

Der Begriff Dixieland steht heute eher für dröge Altherrenmusik.

"Mit Dixieland ins Wochenend" hieß es noch vor 20 Jahren, aber von der musikalischen Revolution aus der Zeit des 1. Weltkriegs ist schon lange nichts mehr zu spüren.

[dancingwithfrogs]

Wo ich schon mal dabei bin: Lange Zeit wurde der "Dixieland Jazz" als der schwache weiße Abklatsch eines authentischeren schwarzen Jazz angesehen. Dabei ist es äußerst fraglich, ob es diesen überhaupt gab. Es existieren keine Belege, weswegen eher von Ragtime, Marimba, Tango etc. auszugehen ist.

Die ersten schwarzen Jazzeinspielungen waren eher erbärmliche Versuche á la ODJB. Erst in den 30ern entstand die Legende der schwarzen Jazzpioniere und ihrer weißen Nachahmer.

[dancingwithfrogs]

Sorry: Am 26. 2. 1917 wurde diese erste Platte aufgenommen, nicht am 20.(Victor 18255).

Das Buch ist sehr empfehlenswert und korrigiert einige Mißverständnisse, die unter anderem auch von Joachim E. Behrendt verbreitet wurden, der den frühen Jazz eher oberflächlich behandelte und Nick LaRocca als "Zirkustrompeter" herabwürdigte.

Lange kannte LaRocca und andere Jazzgrößen seiner Zeit noch persönlich und beschreibt seinen wichtigen Einfluß auf L.Armstrong, K.Oliver und B.Beiderbecke.

[dancingwithfrogs]

Anfang 1917 bekam die ODJB ein Engagement im New Yorker Reisenweber-Gebäude. Nach anfänglicher Zurückhaltung des indignierten Publikums erlebten sie hier ihren eigentlichen Durchbruch. Am 20. Februar 1917 nahmen sie bei Victor den ersten jemals veröffentlichten Jazztitel auf: Livery Stable Blues.

Manchmal taucht noch ein Exemplar im Handel auf; es wurden sehr viele davon gepresst.

Quelle: Lange, Horst H.- Als der Jazz begann: 1916-1923. ISBN 3-487-08417-1

[dancingwithfrogs]

Foehrer hat natürlich recht.

Ihren ersten belegbaren Auftritt hatte die Band, gerade aus New Orleans angereist, am 3. 3. 1916 im Schiller Café in Chicago. Sie hatten noch keinen Bandnamen und losten aus: So benannten Sie sich nach ihrem Drummer. Als "Stein´s Band From Dixie" feierten sie Ende April 1916 ihre ersten Erfolge mit einer vollkommen neuartigen Musik.

Jetzt als "Original Dixieland Jass Band. Jass wurde zu Jazz, weil wohl zu oft das "J" von ihren Plakaten gekratzt wurde.;-)

[kingoma61]

The ODJB recording of "Darktown Strutter's Ball" in 1917 was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006. The ODJB composition "Singin' the Blues" was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1977 in a landmark 1927 recording by Bix Beiderbecke with Frankie Trumbauer and Eddie Lang on Okeh. Louis Armstrong recorded the ODJB classic "Tiger Rag", which he released several times as a single.

[kingoma61]

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (ODJB) is playing "Jazz Me Blues", released in 1921 on RCA Victor as Victor 18772. The ODJB is most famous for the compositions "Tiger Rag", "Margie", "At the Jazz Band Ball", "Sensation", and "Clarinet Marmalade". These songs are jazz standards and classics. The ODJB recorded the first jazz music, which influenced Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.

[foehrer]

wollte nicht klugscheißen, hatte ne arbeit, drüber - meinte gründlich recherchiert zu haben und auch quellen können teilweise nicht stimmig sein - von wikipedia und konsorten will ich da gar nicht erst sprechen

[foehrer]

in welcher weise ein fehltritt? ich las mich ja gern belehren, aber die ersten mitglieder waren meines wissens alle weiß - oder ist die zusammensetzung aus:

alcide nunez (klarinette)

eddie edwards (posaune)

frank christian (kornett)--> später la rocca

johnny stein (schlagzeuger)

falsch?

[foehrer]

Na so ein Blödsinn - die Mitglieder des ODJB waren schwarz.... - Mensch das war die erste richtig bekannte Dixieland-Band - und Dixielandmusiker waren anfangs alle weiß....

[ordix44]

bei deinem Alter und deinen Interesssen verzeihen wir dir deinen Fehltritt, oh you have

no idea....Mr. Schlauberger....

[Zefrenm]

Wow it looks you found the correct playing speed for this song Congrats, i personally would perfer it a little slower but it's gem non-pereil - Zefren

[19myself91]

Somehow it sounds like the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy from the Andrew Sisters...

[Koiak4114]

The ODJB ? They appear to be all caucasian white !! The real ODJB were all black players of US and African origin. What is this ?

[whateverfukinever]

Are you retarded? The ODJB were all White guys, not Black. Moron. Look them up on the wikipedia or something and look at their picture. (roll eyes).

[snorkelbda03]

Either that comment was a joke or he doesnt realize that "original dixieland jass band" is the name of a group and not just referring to the original dixieland jazz band players of the early 1900s. Obviously not a comment made by someone who is knowledgable about early jazz.

[wellhausen]

sehr schöne alte Aufnahme!

[gmmix]

Good music and worthwhile graphics. Thank you for this video.

[bigfootpros]

thanks fir the post, wonderful pics. I am Nick LaRocca's grandson (and also a trumpet player, although mostly jump blues and swing) and haven't seen a couple of these pics myself. It is most interesting to read the posts by other users.  Once again thanks....

[MIFFLISH]

Woah, thats one Hell of and Ornate Piano.

I love it. :P

[Jim275]

Wow, his grandson. Your home must be a treasure vault of great stuff. You can't pick up a book on early jazz without his name jumping out at you. These guys (and girls) gave us the great music that we can call our own. Great piece. Thanks for the posting.

[McVouty]

Interesting to see Nick LaRocca played cornet left handed.

[jazzybach]

Document de grande valeur musicologique

[max1941]

All these Photographs and many others can you find at an excellent book called All That Jazz printed in german in Germany,weight 3kgs,which I recommend of course.MAX

[max1941]

In the 70s there was also an argentinian Original Jazz Band,which later till today,its called Caoba JB,and which Ive taken to Germany,Holland,Luxemburg and Poland in 1991-93-94..His leader in cl-sx-scat and sw.whistle is Oscar Caro.-Yours truly,MAX(years ago also correspondent for Downbeat & Mississippi Rag)now living in Spain.Cheers.-

[riess084]

grandioos bedankt

[fetsyam]

Gros intérêt historico-culturel;

On l'entend plus souvent sur un tempo plus rapide

Encore une belle acquisition pour moi. Merci.

Great historical interest. Thanks.

[jonbhorn]

There is not just one band that does the funeral marches (durges). It is an old running New Orleans tradition. The song that is normally played back from the cemetary is "Oh didn't he ramble".

[carlostdf]

WOW...EXCELLENT!!!

[KOLDO106]

magnificient

[bwiggs6]

DOES ANYONE HAVE THE NEW ORLEANS BAND THAT DOES

FUNERALS? I KNOW THEY PLAY SLOW ON THE WAY TO THE

CEMETARY, BUT ON THE RETURN TRIP THEY PICK UP THE

PACE. SAW IT AT AN 'AL HIRT' CONCERT YEARS AGO, AND

WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT OR A RECREATION OF IT BUY THE

NEW ORLEANS BAND. THANKS,bw

[DADRENO]

See Barnsley Jazz Festival - Vol. 1

[DADRENO]

Sorry - that's Barnsley Jazz Festival - part one

[DADRENO]

Better still try - Cottingham Jazz Jamboree 4 - Hi Life Brass Band

[Bumblebee38]

Congratulations ! What a nice bunch of Photographs !