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Livery Stable Blues

Original Dixieland Jass Band (1917) → Original Dixieland Jass Band (1917)

1917 — the year jazz was first pressed to a 78 rpm disc

Recorded and released on February 26, 1917, by the Original Dixieland Jass Band, "Livery Stable Blues" was the monument where ragtime piano, brass improvisation, and European harmony met African rhythmic feel — formalizing jazz as a mass music.

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The 1917 Original Dixieland Jass Band recording.

The 1917 Dixieland recording that first formalized jazz as a mass-market music.

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The 1917 Dixieland recording that first formalized jazz as a mass-market music.

  • Jazz on disc

    The moment jazz first reached the market on a 78

  • Improvisation meets rhythm

    Brass improvisation fused African rhythm with European harmony

  • Mass music born

    Formalized as collective improvisatory dance-hall music

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