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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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Jerome Kern Songs | 10 Jazz Standards From the Composer of Show Boat
In 1924 Jerome Kern banned the songs from his show Sitting Pretty from being broadcast or…
Richard Rodgers Songs | 10 Jazz Standards From Rodgers & Hart to Coltrane
Richard Rodgers wrote 43 Broadway musicals and more than 900 songs with two very different lyricists.…
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The Night Charlie Parker Quoted Stravinsky to Stravinsky’s Face
As the story goes, one Saturday night in the winter of 1951, Igor Stravinsky took a table at Birdland, the New…
Wes Montgomery’s Double Life in Indianapolis
By the late 1950s, Wes Montgomery’s day started at 7am on the factory floor in Indianapolis. He worked until 3pm, went…
Thelonious Monk, Nellie and “Crepuscule with Nellie”
The story of “Crepuscule with Nellie” starts in August 1951, when police searched a parked car on West 63rd Street in…
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Jazzfuel was launched in 2016 by European booking agent Matt Fripp as a way to share tips and resources with independent jazz musicians.
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.
