[Dixielandjazz] Early jazz recording

[Harry Callaghan]

Speaking of early recording, jazz or otherwise, I remember reading
somewhere, possibly Wikipedia,. that the artist who  painted a picture of
his dog listening to a speaker, initially submitted it to the Edison
Company.

They scoffed at the possibility of using it as their logo, saying that it
was ridiculous for anyone to think that a dog would be listening to "his
master's voice" through a speaker.

Of course, he sometime later submitted it to the Victor Talking Machine
Company, and I'm sure you all know the rest of the story.
BTW, if it ever comes up as a trivia question, the dog's name was
Nipper..............maybe now you're ready to appear on "Jeopardy"

Tides
HC
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:26 AM, <Musicmemry at aol.com> wrote:

> Re: remarks that no major labels would record black jazz bands before ODJB
> - Black performers were recorded from the early 1890's. George W. Johnson,
> Bert  Williams, James Reese Europe and many others. (See Lost Sounds by Tim
> Brooks.)  My guess is the ODJB recorded first for a couple of reasons:
> being
> white, they  could travel and be booked anywhere and were thus more
> visible; so when they hit  New York and made a splash they showed up on
> Victor's
> radar. Once their records  began to sell, of course the record companies
> looked for other groups who could  make similar sounds. They didn't give a
> hoot
> what color they were if there was  money to be made!
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