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The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Livery Stable Blues", the first jazz single ever released.
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
The Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) was a Dixieland jazz band that made the first jazz recordings in early 1917. Their "Livery Stable Blues" became the first jazz record ever issued. The group composed and recorded many jazz standards, the most famous being "Tiger Rag". In…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Livery Stable Blues
1917 single by Original Dixieland Jass Band
"Livery Stable Blues" is a jazz composition copyrighted by Ray Lopez and Alcide Nunez in 1917. It was recorded by the Original Dixieland Jass Band on February 26, 1917, and, with the A side "Dixieland Jass Band One-Step" or "Dixie Jass Band One-Step", became widely acknowledged…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Jazz
Music genre
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)