One hundred years ago this week, five New Orleans musicians made the first recording of a new genre of music unknown to most of the nation. “Livery Stable Blues,” the first studio number scratched ...

Manhattan recording studios last week were rocking to the loose-jointed two-beat tempo of slap bass and honkytonk piano, the syncopated blast of gutbucket trumpet, tailgate trombone and high-flying ...

How do you keep Dixieland jazz from being mere repertory music? Trombonist Herb Bruce's approach is the way to go. As presented by his Herbicide Jazz Band, the music is solid, with clever, intricate ...

The sound that would come to be called “Dixieland” developed from the jazz music of early 20th-century New Orleans, epitomized by figures like Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton. But it didn’t get ...

The Denver-based Queen City Jazz Band will bring a night of New Orleans-style Dixieland jazz to Avalon Theatre, on Saturday, Jan. 9. Queen City Jazz Band originated in Denver more than 50 years ago ...