[Dixielandjazz] ODJB & Columbia

[Stephen G Barbone]

For Bill Haesler and other discographers.

This from the Wall Street Journal. Hey Bill Haesler, straighten these  
folks out will you?  (Remember our discussion of this?)

Census Bureau Feature for Friday, January 30: Historic Jazz Recordings

Last update: 12:14 a.m. EST Jan. 30, 2009
WASHINGTON, Jan 30, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Profile America -- Friday,  
January 30th. The first jazz recordings in history were made on this  
date in 1917. The original Dixieland Jazz Band was causing a sensation  
at a New York night club and Columbia invited the band to record two  
numbers but decided not to release them. A few weeks later, Victor  
also recorded the band and released the records known as the first  
sounds of jazz ever recorded. While the original Dixieland Jazz Band  
did not invent jazz and wasn't the best playing at the time, its  
records helped to make jazz a worldwide phenomenon. Now, Americans  
spend about $11.5 billion on sound recordings each year, with jazz  
accounting for 2 percent of the total. You can find these and more  
facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at  
www.census.gov.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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