[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland Tunes

[Stephen G Barbone]

So far, I favor the position that there were no "Dixieland" tunes.  
Weren't they all originally called Fox Trots? Or Rags? Or One Steps?   
I think "Dixieland" as a description of a type of jazz came  
afterwards, having originally referred to "Southern USA" as a region.

Bill Haesler, what do those old ODJB record labels say? I know that  
Armstrong's original 78's of "Potato Head Blues" and "Put Em Down  
Blues" say "Fox Trot" on the label. Likewise for Beiderbeck's "Rhythm  
King", Jazz Harmonizer's "Riverboat Shuffle", and Oliver's "Sweet  
Emmaline"

Even the Wolverines "Fidgety Feet" says One Step on the label.

It was simply danceable jazz, IMO, not "Dixieland" until after the  
songs were recorded, that term having been coined later, by others,  
rather than by the originators.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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