The Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band No Beer - No Mu'sic, 1 Jack Laine and the Potato Men, 17 Chicago: The Cradle of J ass, 26 J ass and the Underworld, 39 New York and the J ass Revolution, 51 Tin Horns and Talking Machines, 63 The Strange Case of the Livery Stable Blues, 75 Hot Licks and Cold Wax, 88 J azzing the Draft, 108 The Silent Bandstand, 119 London: Spreading the Gospel, 124 At the Threshold of the Roaring Twenties, Polar Bears and Red Hot Mammas, 156 The March of the Moralists, 171 Fin de Siecle, 181 The Lean Years, 190 The Comeback, 201 larocca and the Nine Young Men, 214 The Last Days of the Dixieland Five, 226 Syncopated Echoes, 244 Appendix Table of Personnel, Original Dixieland Band, 256 Index, 259. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.