In 1917 the Original
Dixieland Jazz Band made the first jazz recordings. They also announced
that they had invented this new music. However since the appearance of
Buddy Bolden’s band in 1897 jazz had regularly been performed in New Orleans
dance halls. But did it just appear at that time? Jazz historians have
sometimes suggested that it sprang from the memories of wild slave dancing
performances in the celebrated Place Congo in Downtown New Orleans. Others
have claimed that it was invented by Creole Musicians, and still others
that it was invented by white bands of street musicians.
In The
Ancestry of Jazz: A Musical Family History
Daniel Hardie traces the genealogy of New Orleans jazz. Exploring
the musical families introduced to the first English, French and Spanish
colonies, and their descendants, the author reveals the connections between
them, and the musical sources from which the musical characteristics
of Early Jazz were derived. This analysis also explores how the
family of jazz and its many relatives influenced the course of American
Popular Music for much of the twentieth century.
Where
did the Family of Jazz Originate?
Chapter
Headings include:
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
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