[Dixielandjazz] That Funny Jas Band From Dixieland

[Steve Barbone]

Fun record, Richard. Thanks for posting it.

Below is the same song about a year later with the story below. (source Red
Hot Jazz Archives)

"Marion Harris a rising star of vaudeville and musical theatre joined the
Jazz fad on July 18th, 1917 with her version of the tune "When I Hear That
Jazz Band Play". The song was another "instructional" record similar to
Collins' and Harlan's "That Funny Jas Band From Dixieland". The lyrics of
the song attempt to explain what Jazz is and how you were supposed to behave
when you've heard some Jazz. The song was the closing number of Ziegfeld's
Midnight Frolic in 1917. Some Jazz historians consider Marion Harris to be
the first female Jazz singer to record. She continued to perform and record
Jazz and Blues tunes throughout her career."

http://www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/misc/thatfunnyjasband.ram


To hear some of the early "jazz" records on the Red Hot site, go to to the
below URL, read and click on the yellow highlighted bands etc.

http://www.redhotjazz.com/jazz1917.html

Also, listmates can surf the Red Hot site for Marion Harris and decide for
themrselves whether or not she was the first female jazz singer to record.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone