Dixieland funk, hip hop, and rap. The M-BASE (Multi-Basic Array of Synchronous Extemporization) improvisational concept used by ensembles including Cassandra Wilson, Geri Allen, Greg Osby, Steve Coleman, Graham Haynes, Kevin Eubanks and others is an extension of the polyphonic improvisation of New Orleans jazz. Some of the artists historically identified with Dixieland are mentioned in List of jazz musicians. Some of the best-selling and famous Dixieland artists of the post-WWII era: There are several active periodicals devoted to traditional jazz: "The Mississippi Rag", the "Jazz Rambler", and the "American Rag" published in the US; and to an extent "Jazz Journal" published
Original Dixieland Jass Band of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band", was published. Writer H. O. Brunn based it on Nick LaRocca's recollections, which sometimes differ from that of other sources. ODJB was the first band to record jazz successfully, establishing and creating jazz as a new musical idiom and genre of music. Bix Beiderbecke was influenced by the ODJB to become a jazz musician and was heavily influenced by Nick LaRocca's cornet and trumpet style. Louis Armstrong acknowledged the importance of ODJB: In 1917, the band made the first appearance of a jazz band in a motion picture, a silent movie entitled, "The Good