Original Dixieland Jass Band itself as the Creators of Jazz. It was the first band to record jazz commercially and to have hit recordings in the genre. Band leader and cornetist Nick LaRocca argued that ODJB deserved recognition as the first band to record jazz commercially and the first band to establish jazz as a musical idiom or genre. In early 1916 a promoter from Chicago approached clarinetist Alcide Nunez and drummer Johnny Stein about bringing a New Orleans-style band to Chicago, where the similar Brown's Band From Dixieland, led by trombonist Tom Brown, was enjoying success. They then assembled trombonist Eddie Edwards, pianist
The New York City Jazz Record The New York City Jazz Record The New York City Jazz Record is a monthly New York City based publication which contains features, reviews and concert announcements regarding jazz music. It is available in print form as well as online. It was originally launched in May 2002 by co-founders Laurence Donohue-Greene (Managing Editor) and Andrey Henkin (Editorial Director/Production Manager) under the name "AllAboutJazz-New York”. The gazette’s name change switched permanently to The New York City Jazz Record as of March 2011. Joe Lovano says of "The New York City Jazz Record": "Simply the hippest journal about jazz in New York