Original Dixieland Jazz Band (ODJB)

Original Dixieland Jazz Band (ODJB) An extremely popular recording and performing ensemble of the late teens, the ODJB helped make several Tin Pan Alley compositions into enormous record and sheet music successes. 1917—Jazz was in the air! As early as 1911, bands were playing in cabarets and for dancing in New Orleans. These were called “ragtime bands,” as opposed to marching bands, because they tried to imitate piano rags on their various instruments. Several members of Jack Laine’s Reliance…