Dixieland music. The music of Sicily was one of the many genres in the New Orleans music scene during the 1910s, alongside sanctified church music, brass band music and blues. Much later, the term "Dixieland" was applied to early jazz by traditional jazz revivalists, starting in the 1940s and 1950s. The name is a reference to the "Old South", specifically anything south of the Mason-Dixon line. The term encompasses earlier brass band marches, French Quadrilles, biguine, ragtime, and blues with collective, polyphonic improvisation. While instrumentation and size of bands can be very flexible, the "standard" band consists of a "front line"
Dixieland Delight plea from university officials to not sing the modified version. The original album version was edited by nearly 1½ minutes for release as a single. The differences include: The single edit is included in several of Alabama's greatest hits collections, including "For the Record". The full-length album version is included on the band's second greatest hits album. Released in January 1983, "Dixieland Delight" became Alabama's ninth No. 1 song on "Billboard magazine"'s Hot Country Singles chart. To date, "Dixieland Delight" remains one of the group's most popular songs. Dixieland Delight "Dixieland Delight" is a song written by Ronnie Rogers, and