Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.
Dramatis personae -- Before the beginning -- The first season -- The second season -- The third season -- The final season -- Life and music after the band.
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The Creole Band, which existed from 1914-1918, was the first important jazz band, bringing jazz to the wider American public, from California to Massachusetts. This is the history of the important group, written by a renowned scholar of early jazz.
Pioneers of jazz.
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Original Creole Orchestra.
Original Creole Orchestra.
Jazz musicians-- Louisiana-- New Orleans, Biography.