World War I Era-Music
Hello! Brooke Anderson here, from northeast Ohio. All of my life I had a fascination with the music of the past and the stories of the forgotten, especially in the World War I era.
Brooke Anderson
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Original Dixieland Jazz Band
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ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND
IN 1917 AMERICA ENTERED WORLD WAR I TO THE STRAINS OF AN EMERGING NEW MUSIC–“JASS” OR “JAZZ”, AND THE BAND RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSFORMING THE MUSICAL LANDSCAPE WAS THE ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND, A GROUP OF YOUNG WHITE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS WHO BROUGHT THE SOUNDS OF THEIR HOMETOWN TO THE CITIES OF THE NORTH.