“Livery Stable Blues” by Original Dixieland Jazz Band, 1917. Dominic “Nick” James LaRocca (cornet), Larry Shields (clarinet), Edwin “Eddie” Branford Edwards (trombone), Harry W. Ragas (piano), and drummer Anthony “Tony” Sbarbaro (drums). Arguably the first jazz recording.
More:
“The First Jazz Recording Was Made by a Group of White Guys?” John Edward Hasse, Smithsonian Magazine.
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