[Dixielandjazz] Early recordings by "Black bands"

[Marek Boym]

Anton correcly identified six black bands that did record in USA up to 1917.
>
> Coincidentally a new issue from Germany shows that outside America record
> companies weren't so colour blind.



Your email seems to indicate that they either WERE, at least - partly -
colour blind, or much less colour conscious than their American
counterparts.  Wasn't that a reason for so many American Negro performers
(I assume that musicians were not alone in that) who took residence in
Europe?

There was a case of an American Negro who served in the French ariforce
during WWII.  When The US joined the war effort, he wanted to fly for his
own country, but was told that no Negroes were accepted.

Cheers


> BLACK EUROPE consists of 2 books and 44
> CDs (!!) of black artists recorded in Europe (including England) up to
> 1927.
> It's reviewed  in the latest VJM magazine which mentions a blues harmonica
> recording from 1904, the first recording of stride piano in 1911 and the
> first black scat vocal on record from 1915.
>
> Obviously not all, probably only a minority, of the 1243 tracks are by
> blues or
> jazz inclined artists but this issue should result in a new view of early
> jazz history.
> This is an edtion limited to 500 copies, priced at 490 euros. No doubt
> most of those will end up in
> libraries and institutions  If you're interested go to www.bear-family.de
>
> A cheaper 3 CD set with booklet is available, but once again a wide field
> is covered. I would have thought that a separate set of purely jazz(y)
> items would be a commercial proposition.
>
> Best wishes
> Jack Mitchell
>
>
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