Original New Orleans Jazz Band

The Original New Orleans Jazz Band was one of the first jazz bands to make recordings. Composed of mostly New Orleans musicians, the band was popular in New York City in the late 1910s.

The group included some of the first New Orleans style players to follow the Original Dixieland Jass Band's success playing in Manhattan. Like the "ODJB", most were veterans of Papa Jack Laine's groups in New Orleans. Recordings of the group were issued by Gennett Records and Okeh Records. The group also reportedly recorded one or more sides for Emerson Records, which seem to have never been issued.

Jimmy Durante, the only New Yorker in the group, became well known for his showmanship and took over leadership from Frank Christian in 1920 and the group was renamed "Jimmy Durante's Jazz Band".

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923

Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Plaza/ARC 5051 10-in. January 1923 Four o'clock blues Lillian Harris Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band Musical group  
Plaza/ARC 5052 10-in. January 1923 Sugar blues Lillian Harris Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band Musical group  
Plaza/ARC 5152 10-in. April 1923 Baby, won't you please come home? Lillian Harris ; Original New Orleans Jazz Band Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band Musical group  
Plaza/ARC 5153 10-in. April 1923 Mama's got the blues Lillian Harris ; Original New Orleans Jazz Band Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band Musical group  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Original New Orleans Jazz Band," accessed November 8, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/327584.

Original New Orleans Jazz Band. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 8, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/327584.

"Original New Orleans Jazz Band." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 8 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/327584

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