PODCAST. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, which would be at the origin of the word jazz, records in Chicago a 78 rpm that breaks the house.
Frederic Lewino and Gwendoline Dos Santos
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On February 26, 1917, a band of musicians rushed into the studios of the Victor Talking Machine Company label in Chicago to record the first jazz record in history. Amazement, they are white from white! The cornetist is white, the pianist is white, the drummer is white, the clarinetist is white, the trombonist is white. Not the shadow of a black, not even a mestizo! While jazz is black music. The name of the band: Original Dixieland Jass Band. This does not prevent the sales of their 78 rpm featuring the two tracks “Livery Stable Blues” and “Dixie Jass Band One-Step” from soaring. With one and a half million copies sold, they left Enrico Caruso behind. Madness.
As you may have noticed, the name of the group mentions “Jas…
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