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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smith...uys-180962246/
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Just as events were unfolding in the White House that would solidify public support for entering the war in Europe, a group of five white musicians gathered in the New York City recording studios of the Victor Talking Machine Company and raucously made history.
The day was February 26, 1917. While President Woodrow Wilson was facing the threat of a German alliance with Mexico, the musicians laid down a high-energy, vaudevillian performance of "Livery Stable Blues," backed by the "Dixie Jass One-Step" on the flip side of the 78 rpm disc.
This recording, long argued and debated, is likely the first jazz recording ever issued.
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ftr where I grew up Italians were not considered “white”
Livery Stable Blues by The Original Dixieland Jass Band