Original Dixieland Jass Band was a tribute to the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, who were featured on the cover. When the New Orleans Jazz style swept New York by storm in 1917 with the arrival of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Jimmy Durante was part of the audience at Reisenweber's Cafe on Columbus Circle when ODJB played that venue. Durante was very impressed with the band and invited them to play at a club called the Alamo in Harlem where Jimmy played piano. Durante had his friend, Johnny Stein (the previous drummer and leader of the group), assemble a group of like-minded New Orleans
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