[Dixielandjazz] FW: Summary-- first jazz recording and speculation of origin of word jass

[Stan Brager]

We've once more . opened this can of worms regarding the "first" jazz
recording. While there is consensus in general that the "Livery Stable
Blues" and "Dixieland One-Step" recordings are candidates for the "first"
honor, both The Jazz Discography and Brian Rust's Jazz Records list
recordings made as early as 1897. Not having heard these very early
recordings but having heard more contemporary renditions of some of these
early tunes, I can certainly hear where some elements of jazz music came
from.

 

There are some contemporary recordings of some of the older recordings such
as Handy's 1912 "Jogo Blues" and Luckyth Roberts 1913 "Junk Man Rag" which
generally have a jazz flavor.

 

Stan

Stan Brager

 

 

From: Norman Vickers [mailto:nvickers1 at cox.net] 
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2017 8:28 AM
To: Norman Vickers <nvickers1 at cox.net>
Subject: Summary-- first jazz recording and speculation of origin of word
jass

 

 

To: Musicians and Jazzfans list--& DJML

From:  Norman Vickers-Jazz Pensacola

 

Here's link from New Orleans-centennial of first jass 78rpm recording-Livery
Stable Blues/ Dixieland One-Step.

It's a summary  appropriate for jazz novices.  As with any summary, some
details must be omitted.  Likely "old-jazz-heads" will have details to fill
in or critique.

 

Photo of trumpeter Jimmy LaRocca, son of Nick LaRocca a member of the
original recording group, Original Dixieland Jass Band,  is shown.  We had
Jimmy and his band for a Pensacola JazzFest in the 1990s  Although Jimmy has
a website, haven't heard much from or about him in recent years.  Likely
some readers can fill us in on the details.

 

I think writers were being  "politically correct" when they skirted the
issue of original definition of "jass" and it's change to "jazz."

Personally, I liked Eubie Blake's  expression, " I never used the word jazz,
I always called it ragtime!"  Also loved their quote from Etude Magazine in
the 1920s denigrating jazz.

 

At any rate, I send this out for your reading and comment.  Thanks to
Pensacola super-jazzfan Mike Lynch for alerting me to this.

 

http://www.nola.com/300/2017/07/first_jazz_recording_livery_st.html 

 

On another New Orleans issue, I have attended all the Satchmo Summerfests
since the beginning in 2001 ( Armstrong's actual centennial) except the last
couple.  Regret that circumstance aren't favorable for me again this year.
The program of talks looks wonderful, as usual.  See Satchmo Summerfest
website for details.  Comes up first weekend in August, coinciding with
Satchmo's actual birth date ( August 4, 1901).

 

F.Norman Vickers

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