Jazz the northern and western parts of the U.S. In New Orleans, a white bandleader named Papa Jack Laine integrated blacks and whites in his marching band. He was known as "the father of white jazz" because of the many top players he employed, such as George Brunies, Sharkey Bonano, and future members of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. During the early 1900s, jazz was mostly performed in African-American and mulatto communities due to segregation laws. Storyville brought jazz to a wider audience through tourists who visited the port city of New Orleans. Many jazz musicians from African-American communities were hired
The Belgrade Dixieland Orchestra The Belgrade Dixieland Orchestra The Belgrade Dixieland Orchestra, (BDO) founded in Belgrade in 2001, is one of the best-known and most popular jazz orchestras in Serbia. It has evolved from the original "Ljubomir Matijaca Dixieland Band", which was the only group of this musical orientation in Serbia in the last decades of the 20th century. In October 2010, BDO was awarded one of the most important and prestigious social honours by being included in the official Music Textbook for Primary Schools (8th grade) in the lesson on Serbian jazz. The doyen of Serbian Jazz and the experienced trombone player, Ljubomir