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Tiger Rag by Nick LaRocca and The Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1918)

Charles Joseph “Buddy” Bolden – (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an African-American cornetist and is regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in [More]

Ragtime Piano : SCOTT JOPLIN – ” The Entertainer ” (1902) Scott Joplin (1868-1917) Scott Joplin is considered the foremost composer of ragtime music. Many [More]

Written by Charles Fulcher in the mid twenties. Became a modestly popular song and played by several other orchestras including Paul Whiteman and Fletcher Henderson.

Early Jazz 1920s: Paul Whiteman – Georgia, 1922 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra — Georgia, Fox-trot (W. Donaldson), Victor 1922 (USA; accoustic recording)

I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) – Frank Sinatra (1956).

James P. Johnson – piano

Pianist extraordinaire Art Tatum performs “Yesterdays” composed by Jerome David Kern and Otto Harbach. Art Tatum was a jazz pianist and virtuoso who was nearly [More]

King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band – The Gennett Sessions April 5-6, 1923 Gennett Recording Studio, Richmond, IN * The songs were taken from The Chronological [More]

Leon Bismark “Bix” Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 — August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, jazz pianist, and composer. A native of Davenport, Iowa. [More]