Work · 1917 · New Orleans [29.98, -90.08]
Livery Stable Blues
'Livery Stable Blues', recorded by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917, is the side most often named as the first jazz record. Its barnyard horn effects, with cornet, clarinet, and trombone imitating animal cries, made it a sensation and fixed the new word 'jazz' in the public ear. Whatever its musical limits, the record marks the moment the idiom first reached listeners through the phonograph.
Evidence2
- MusicBrainz: Livery Stable BluesMusicBrainz
musicbrainz.org/work/8d541f56-1108-47de-a66e-ad5d8ad770c2
accessed 2026-06-04
- Wikidata: Livery Stable BluesWikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4347917
accessed 2026-06-04
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collaborates with → Original Dixieland Jass Band
The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded 'Livery Stable Blues' in 1917, the side most often named as the first jazz record. The performance, full of imitative horn effects, put the band and the new word 'jazz' before a national audience for the first time.