Al Bernard - St. Louis Blues (1919)

[claynpendleton]

By 1919 this would have been recorded on shelac discs. Only 20 years before they would have been recording on wax cylinders though.

[portlandcashew]

jazz music's Hamlet

[ClarinetOfAwsomenes]

That's my great grandfather! too cool

[YurisDisciple]

Is this a wax recording?

[richicious]

that is old jazzy blues...

amazing.... ...!

[gfirefrosting]

this is fantastic. thanks for posting!

[Corrie121]

Thank you for posting this rendition, and for your interesting notes.

[heinbanjo12]

Very interesting, all those pre Jazz recordings. You can better understand, where Jazz came from.

[aeschhere]

Shocking , but this (is) Jazz .