Dixieland jazz
Sign in to saveAlso 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
- Image
- BrianOConnell05.jpg
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- inception
- 1910-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Dixieland
- Commons category
- Dixieland
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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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.