{"id":490,"date":"2015-03-03T07:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/?p=490"},"modified":"2015-03-22T19:11:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T00:11:28","slug":"original-dixieland-jass-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/2015\/03\/03\/original-dixieland-jass-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Dixieland Jass Band"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Originally from New Orleans, LA, the Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) was recruited to Chicago in 1916 to perform at Schiller’s Cafe. \u00a0There was interest in bringing a New Orleans-style band to Chicago. \u00a0After a number of personnel changes, ODJB was booked to perform in New York City. \u00a0Starting in January 1917, ODJB took up residency providing upbeat dancing music at Reisenweber’s Restaurant in New York City.<\/p>\n

At the time, the center of the music recording industry was New York City and New Jersey. \u00a0ODJB had earned their own following in New York and received invitations to record. \u00a0In the end of February, the band recorded with Victor Talking Machine Company and recorded two sides of a 78 record under the Victor name. \u00a0The song here,\u00a0Dixie Jass Band One-Step<\/em>, and\u00a0Livery Stable Blues<\/em> were the first songs released on this record.<\/p>\n

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Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band – Dixie Jass Band One-Step Victor 18255-A, February 26, 1917 Library of Congress National Jukebox<\/p><\/div>\n

With the release of this record, ODJB gained immense popularity in America. \u00a0The members dubbed themselves “Creators of Jazz” having given the American people their first taste of jazz with their record release. \u00a0After a successful first release, the ODJB recorded more songs for a total of 25, 2-song records before the group’s disbandment in 1925.<\/p>\n

Dixieland jazz is different than what we think of as “jazz” today. \u00a0It follows the 12-bar blues model, but instead of having a dominant soloist in the foreground, each of the five players play throughout. \u00a0It sounds as if each player is playing his own solo throughout the whole song. \u00a0It gives a different flavor of ensemble than we are used to in today’s instrumental music.<\/p>\n

One of the primary uses for this music was dance. \u00a0The complexity of the music itself and each of the five instruments intertwining with each other parallels that of public dancing. \u00a0Everyone dances to the same beat, but each person on the dance floor is dancing his or her own way. \u00a0No one looks or sounds the same. \u00a0The same applies to Dixieland Jazz.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/jukebox\/recordings\/detail\/id\/4669<\/p>\n

John Chilton<\/span>.\u00a0“Original Dixieland Jazz Band.”\u00a0<\/span>The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz<\/em>,\u00a0<\/span>2nd ed.<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0Grove Music Online<\/em>.\u00a0Oxford Music Online<\/em>.\u00a0Oxford University Press<\/span>, accessed\u00a0March 2, 2015<\/span>,\u00a0http:\/\/www.oxfordmusiconline.com\/subscriber\/article\/grove\/music\/J339300<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/jukebox\/recordings\/detail\/id\/4669 Originally from New Orleans, LA, the Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) was recruited to Chicago in 1916 to perform at Schiller’s Cafe. \u00a0There was interest in bringing a New Orleans-style band to Chicago. \u00a0After a number of personnel changes, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38,33,36,35,32,37,39,34],"class_list":["post-490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-12-bar-blues","tag-blues","tag-early-jazz","tag-jazz","tag-library-of-congress","tag-livery-stable-blues","tag-national-jukebox","tag-original-dixieland-jazz-band"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jEhR-7U","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490\/revisions\/498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/americanmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}