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The First Jazz Record Was Made in 1917. The Musicians Who Built the Style Weren’t on It.
The Original Dixieland Jass Band cut “Livery Stable Blues” for Victor on 26 February 1917. Why Bolden, Keppard, Oliver and Ory weren’t on the first jazz record, and what a court said about who wrote it.
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Nina Simone Played to 50,000 People in Harlem – Then the Footage Disappeared for 50 Years
Nina Simone played to a reported 50,000 people at the Harlem Cultural Festival on 17 August…
Keith Jarrett’s Solo Concerts, Ranked: 12 Live Piano Albums
From Bremen and Köln to his final European tour in 2016, we rank twelve of Keith…
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Cole Porter Songs | 10 Jazz Standards From Broadway’s Wittiest Writer
Cole Porter wrote about 300 songs while he was still a student at Yale. Like Irving Berlin, and later Frank Loesser,…
George Gershwin Songs | 10 Jazz Standards From Broadway, Hollywood and Porgy and Bess
At 15, George Gershwin left school to plug songs on Tin Pan Alley for $15 a week. Within twenty years he…
Prince Worked With This Jazz Pianist for Two Decades – and Never Once Met Him
On 16 April 1985, parts of an orchestral score arrived at Prince’s studio for the debut album by The Family, one…
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It's evolved into a team of writers and music industry specialists who aim to produce the best content for fans around the world, as well as continuing to support pro jazz musicians with publicity, education and career coaching.
