The most dramatic entrance of Southern-derived music on the national scene, however, came after 1917, when a few bands from New Orleans, including the Original Dixieland jazz Band and Joe "King ...

Saxophone virtuoso Charlie Parker, left, brought Miles Davis, right, into his bebop band in the 1940s, Davis’s first professional job The Original Dixieland Jazz band, pictured in 1917 ...

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The Bucknell University Jazz Band offers students of all majors and academic interests the opportunity to experience modern and historically important literature in a traditional big band environment.

Jazz emerged as a new style of music in the early twentieth century in the African American communities of New Orleans. Jazz has its origins in blues and ragtime. Jazz features lots of ...

Its original lineup consisted of Art Neville ... Dating back further, the “Dukes of Dixieland” came about in 1948. A ...

During the 1960s, Polish jazz evolved into three basic styles: Dixieland (traditional), straight ... Pink Freud - jazz/punk/avant-garde band that will make you dance and shout even if you are a calm ...

yet it was “Livery Stable Blues” by The Original Dixieland Jass Band that started it all back in 1917. This was the first ...

Jimmy Dorsey and His Original Dorseyland Jazz Band, Bobby Hackett, Matty Matlock and His Jazz Band, Rampart Street Paraders, Jimmy McPartland and His Dixieland Band, Dick Cary and His Dixieland ...

Enslaved people would sing work songs while working the plantations and religious spirituals in church. Combined with the African rhythms, these musical styles were the foundation of blues. The ...

A regular performer in Sacramento, trumpet player Bria Skonberg celebrates New Orleans with her new album, “What It Means.” ...

WellsFest, one of central Mississippi’s premier outdoor music and family festivals celebrates its 40th anniversary Saturday, ...