Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) was a New Orleans band that made the first jazz recording in 1917. The group made the first recordings of many jazz standards, probably the most famous being "Tiger ...

NEW ORLEANS — Dean Ross believed the Clemson Corps band’s repertoire was stale. As cadet bandmaster, he accepted the duty to expand it. He could not search Spotify or swipe through the Google app. It ...

Fortnight ago in the Old Absinthe House in New Orleans two oldtime jazzists, one with a trumpet, the other with a clarinet, stepped into the spotlight, played with such authentic abandon, such valid ...

This is the first in a series of programs that will play representative music from 100 years of jazz history. We will explore the broad sweep of that narrative; its representative and its ...

When the Clemson Tigers take the field this weekend for their homecoming game against Wake Forest, they'll be cheered on by a 430-member band playing the high-energy fight song "Tiger Rag." The ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Eddie Edwards and his Original ...

"Tiger Rag" (The Dial Press), by Nicholas Christopher: Buddy Bolden is a jazz legend whose powerful, original sound at the turn of the last century was so enthralling that some now call him the first ...

UTD premieres its fight song, written to the tune of “Tiger Rag,” a famous jazz ballad produced in 1917 by the New Orleans group Original Dixieland Jazz Band.

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band's first recording in Feb. 1917 is often cited as the first jazz record ever, but critic Kevin Whitehead says that the roots of jazz stretch a little further back. This ...

Manhattan recording studios last week were rocking to the loose-jointed two-beat tempo of slap bass and honkytonk piano, the syncopated blast of gutbucket trumpet, tailgate trombone and high-flying ...