[Ads-l] Antedating of "Dixieland" (Jazz)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Dixieland (OED, Dixie, 1.e., 1927 [1919 in square brackets])

[1917 New York Times 27 Jan. 7/7 (Newspapers.com)  First Eastern Appearance of THE ONLY ORIGINAL DIXIELAND "JASS" BAND.]

1923 Oregon Daily Journal (Portland) 17 Jan. 14/7 (Newspapers.com)  The specialty of this orchestra is playing a portion of the program in symphonic jazz and the rest in Dixie land style.

Fred Shapiro


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