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‘Big Eye’ Louis Nelson Delisle pioneered Dixieland and jazz

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Hot Jazz, also known as Dixieland, was developed by Big Eye” Louis Nelson Delisle, a clarinet player. Born in New Orleans in 1885, Delisle was playing professionally in Storyville, where brothels and clubs were located, by the time he was 15.  According to encyclopedia.com, Delisle learned to play double bass, banjo and accordion before specializing in clarinet in 1904. While most clarinetists in New Orleans played B♭clarinets, Delisle played a …

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‘Big Eye’ Louis Nelson Delisle pioneered Dixieland and jazz

Hot Jazz, also known as Dixieland, was developed by Big Eye” Louis Nelson Delisle, a clarinet player. Born in New Orleans in 1885, Delisle was playing professionally in Storyville, where brothels and clubs were located, by the time he was 15.  According to encyclopedia.com, Delisle learned to play double bass, banjo and accordion before specializing in clarinet in 1904. While most clarinetists in New Orleans played B♭clarinets, Delisle played a …

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Beyond the Bandstand: Paul Whiteman in American Musical Culture - The Syncopated Times

Paul Whiteman was a formidable figure in jazz/popular music history. The facts of Whiteman’s career have been well covered by The Syncopated Times. His place in jazz history is complex. Whiteman was classically trained but liked jazz, associating it closely with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and other white purveyors of the music. He hired […]

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