Original Memphis Five

Original Memphis Five The exciting, vibrant sounds of the Original Memphis Five are still joyous to hear. They were unlike any other small jazz band of the 1920s. They are rarely mentioned in jazz history books, yet they exerted the greatest influence of all jazz bands on the public. They did not play at the usual dance halls (or unusual ones, for that matter), nor did they make the obligatory tours that so exhaust musicians. They were a studio group, in existence only to make records, not…