In 1917, the Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded what is generally considered to be the first jazz recording. “Livery Stable Blues” was the hit side of the record (you remember records, you actually ...

Editor's Note, February 28, 2017: In “All That Jass,” we erred in citing the members of the Original Dixieland “Jass” Band who recorded “Livery Stable Blues”: Larry Shields played ...

The Lava Hot Jass Band. 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 3, at The Nash, 110 East Roosevelt Street; 602-798-0464; thenash.org. Admission is free. Get More Coverage Like This.

ODJB was also the first recorded band to use the word “jazz” (or “jass”) in its name; the tune takes the form of an African-American blues, a major root of jazz; and a number of its early ...

With "Dixieland Jass Band One Step," the flip side of "Livery Stable Blues." You can hear why folks call it the first jazz record, the way cornet, clarinet and trombone mix it up helped define New ...

The Original Dixieland Jass Band itself shows the etymological mystery of jazz. Like ‘jas’, ‘jass’ probably has a sexual connotation, as a reference to a woman’s backside.

One hundred years ago this month, five New Orleans musicians in the Original Dixieland Jass Band made the first-ever jazz recording in the Victor Talking Machine Co. studio in New York.

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The traditional New Orleans and Chicago sounds of the Original Wildcat Jass Band are featured outdoors at Tohono Chul Park in the Tucson Jazz Society's ongoing Friday night series Jazz ...

PETOSKEY—The public is invited to the 32nd annual and final performance of the Epsilon Jass Band at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, at First Presbyterian Church of Petoskey. The band, formed in ...

Jazz had an amazing 2017. It was the music’s centennial—the Original Dixieland Jass Band’s “Dixie Jass Band One Step” and “Livery Stable Blues” were recorded on February 26, 1917 and ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: The attached video above is from an unrelated story about Cake Walkin' Jass Band from Aug. 3, 2018. Toledo's oldest New Orleans style jazz band will perform at the ...