We choose the birthday of Dominic "Nick" LaRocca (1889-1961) for this tribute to the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (original rendered as the Original Dixieland Jass Band). This seminal quintet did not originate jazz as they sometimes claimed or implied (that distinction belongs to the likes of Buddy Bolden, King Oliver, and other black artists), but […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:36AM on April 11, 2025