On July 5, 1904, this novel tells us, seven New Orleans musicians — the Buddy Bolden Band — gathered for a recording session. In those early days, they used wax cylinders attached to an Edison ...

NEW ORLEANS — Dean Ross believed the Clemson Corps band’s repertoire was stale. As cadet bandmaster, he accepted the duty to expand it. He could not search Spotify or swipe through the Google app. It ...

"Tiger Rag" (The Dial Press), by Nicholas Christopher: Buddy Bolden is a jazz legend whose powerful, original sound at the turn of the last century was so enthralling that some now call him the first ...

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Describing music in a book is a bit like trying to describe color to a blind person; ...

To commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the original recording of "Tiger Rag", contemporary jazz pianist Barron Ryan has released his rendition of the jazz standard. The song was originally ...

The productive and receptive dynamics of Tiger Rag, perhaps the most famous piece of classical jazz, have been marked by irreconcilable controversies concerning both its correct authorial attribution ...

When the Clemson Tigers take the field this weekend for their homecoming game against Wake Forest, they'll be cheered on by a 430-member band playing the high-energy fight song "Tiger Rag." The ...

Kid Ory and his Creole Jazz Band. side 1: Bucket Got a Hole in It; side 2: Tiger Rag (Columbia 37274), from the album, New Orleans Jazz (Columbia C-126). 78 rpm. Both tracks were recorded in 1946. The ...

Buddy Bolden is a jazz legend whose powerful, original sound at the turn of the last century was so enthralling that some now call him the first big star of that lively American art form. But his own ...