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Dixieland jazz

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Also known as traditional jazz, hot jazz, New Orleans jazz

style of jazz music

Key facts

Stylistic origins
Jazz
Cultural origins
New Orleans , Louisiana, U.S.
Typical instruments
Cornet trumpet trombone clarinet tuba banjo piano keyboard double bass drums guitar vocals

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
music genre
Subclass of
jazz
Country of origin
United States
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inception
1910-01-01
topic's main category
Category:Dixieland
Commons category
Dixieland
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Encyclopedic overview

Dixieland jazz, also referred to as traditional jazz, hot jazz, or simply Dixieland, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. The 1917 recordings by the Original Dixieland Jass Band fostered awareness of this new style of music.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dixieland jazz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.