[Dixielandjazz] Early Jazz Bands and musicians who read

[Mike]

Wasn't the ODJB the ones who stuck closely to ensembles and 
really didn't solo except for the breaks?

I've always wondered why they didn't solo much.

Mike



Marek Boym wrote:
  La Rocca denied that blacks played jazz before they learnt it 
from him
> (he "invented" jazz, remember?).  However, the ODJB, despite their
> denials, must have rehearsed a lot;