On This Day in Jazz History

January 30, 1917: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band makes the first jazz recordings.

Added: 2009-01-28

More facts on this day:

1911
Trumpeter Roy Eldridge born in Pittsburgh, PA.

1917
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band makes the first jazz recordings.

1927
Bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik born in New York, NY.

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