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New Orleans was the home of the first jazz style, and it took the form of small-band music that was first prominent
at the beginning of the 1900s. Though called "Dixieland" by many listeners, this music is distinguished from its
descendants because it is somewhat less solo-oriented. Though traditional New Orleans jazz was performed by blacks,
whites, and African-American creoles, some historians reserve the "Dixieland" term for white derivatives and revivals
of this style, organized mostly by musicians in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco.
This music originated with brass bands and "string bands" that performed for parties and dances in the late 1800s and
early 1900s. The groups used combinations of cornet, clarinet, saxophone, trombone, tuba, guitar, banjo, bass viol,
drums, and piano. The music usually featured several moving parts at the same time. The arrangements contained a
considerable amount of flexibility from performance to performance. Many of the solos and embellishments were
improvised, and much of the melody was paraphrased for personalization. The musicians refined the syncopations of
ragtime, and adapted pop tunes, marches, hymns, blues, and rags for their repertory. The music was quite lively and
featured a wide assortment of unusual tone qualities and soulful inflections of a melody tone's pitch. The most
extensively recorded groups of this time and style were led by Joe Oliver (Creole Jazz Band), Jelly Roll Morton
(Red Hot Peppers), Johnny Dodds, Kid Ory, Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, and Nick LaRocca
(The Original Dixieland Jazz Band).
(Mark C. Gridley)
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 | Wilbur de Paris - At Symphony Hall Listen to: Juba Dance Paris, Wilbur de (tb); Paris, Sidney de (co); Simeon, Omer (cl); White, Sonny (p); Blair, Lee (bj); Moten, Bennie (b); Kirk, Wilbert (dr, harm) Recorded: 26-10-1956 | Your rating | No ratings |
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| Muggsy Spanier - Ragtime Band Listen to: Big Butter And Egg Man Spanier, Muggsy (co); Brunis, George (tb); Cless, Rod (cl); McKinstry, Ray (ts); Zack, George (p); Casey, Bob (g); Pattison, Pat (b); Greenberg, Marty (dr) Recorded: 07-07-1939 | Your rating | No ratings |
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 | Louis Armstrong - Fireworks Listen to: West End Blues Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five: Armstrong, Louis (tp, voc); Robinson, Fred (tb); Strong, Jimmy (ts, cl); Hines, Earl (p); Cara, Mancy (bj); Singleton, Zutty (dr) Recorded: 28-06-1928 | Your rating | Ratings: 1 |
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| Duke Ellington - Early Years Listen to: Creole Love Call Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Miley, Bubber; Metcald, Louis (tp); Nanton, Sam (tb); Jackson, Rudolf (cl, ts, bs); Hardwick, Otto (ss, as, bs); Carney, Harry (cl, as, bs); Ellington , Duke (p); Guy, Fred (bj); Braud, Wellman (b); Greer, Sonny (dr) Recorded: 26-10-1927 | Your rating | No ratings |
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 | Bix Beiderbecke - The Bix Beiderbecke Story Listen to: Singin' The Blues Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra: Trumbauer, Frankie (c-melody); Beiderbecke, Bix (co); Rank, Bill (tb); Dorsey, Jimmy (cl, as); Riskin, Itzy (p); Lang, Eddie (bj, g); Morehouse, Chauncey (dr) Recorded: 04-02-1927 | Your rating | No ratings |
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| Johnny Dodds - 1926-1928 Listen to: Gate Mouth New Orleans Wanderers: Mitchell, George (co); Ory, Kid (tb); Dodds, Johnny (cl); Clark, Joe (as); Armstrong, Lil (p); St. Cyr, Johnny (bj) Recorded: 13-07-1926 | Your rating | No ratings |
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 | Tommy Ladnier/Sidney Bechet - 1924 To 1938 Listen to: Really The Blues Tommy Ladnier & Orchestra: Ladnier, Tommy (tp); Bechet, Sidney (cl, ss); Mezzrow, Mezz (cl, ts); Jackson, Cliff (p); Bunn, Teddy (g); James, Elmer (b); Johnson, Manzie (dr) Recorded: 28-11-1938 | Your rating | No ratings | |
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