Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Livery Stable Blues download

Only '10s kids understand this - the 1910s

My great grandmother played this tune in 1919 when she lived in New Orleans during the Axeman Murders scare. He sent a letter saying that everyone play jazz music or he’d kill that night whoever didn’t. The town didn’t believe it but was still scared and the whole town played jazz that night. She said she’d never forget this song cause it’s all she played that night. So weird

To think that this recording is already a century old, proves that time moves so fast without anyone noticing it.

They didn't invent jazz music but I believe it is a good representation of what jazz sounded like before the 20s. I like the novelty sound effects.

First heard this amazing tune on Boardwalk Empire. So grateful to that awesome show that has helped me discover this glorious almost lost and forgotten period of early 20th century music that I was otherwise unaware of until recently.

Thank god they found this old film footage showing nothing but a still of the record cover. The guy who used more than 3 minutes of expensive film material for this also deserves respect!

this music has changed my life i no longer live in my parents basement i live in there living room

This recording is now 100 years old... Dear God i'm getting old...

Happy one hundred years!

This song is made of swag.  No, that's not a joke or irony.

I have this recording.  It's a 78 rpm and I listened to it all through my childhood and loved it. I was born in 1948 and it didn't seem like such an important item in the 1950's.

me: "I need to go home early tonight." also me: listens to 102 year old music for no reason

This is what teenagers made out to back then.

This music is better than Gucci gang and I'm not even joking

In 1917, jazz music had only just arrived in Britain. When this band performed in front of King George V that year, he was impressed, having not heard that kind of music before.

immediately thought of Tom and Jerry after hearing this..ha.

I was once told that they changed their name from "Jass" to "Jazz" because naughty people (this was 1917) liked to go around and cover up the "j" on their posters and flyers.

Apparently the original term..."jass music" referred to music played in New Orleans bordellos ..."jass" was an old word for sex. Later cleaned up by changing to "jazz".