Dukes of Dixieland founders in favor of other forms of popular music. Their latest CD, "Here Comes the Girls," features music from R&B artists such as The Meters, Ernie K-Doe, and Allen Toussaint. 1975-80 1981-85 1986-89 1990-92 1990-2010 2011-2012 2013-2013 2013-2014 2014- 2016- 1. Spedale, Rhodes. A Guide to Jazz in New Orleans. Pg. 135 2. Rose, Al. I Remember Jazz. Pgs. 14, 45, 151, 181 LSU Press 3. Rose, Al. New Orleans Jazz (A Family Album). Pgs 1, 6, 12, 29, 40, 41, 49, 74, 77, 85, 110, 115, 138, 149, 191, 224 LSU Press Dukes of Dixieland The Dukes of Dixieland
Jazz the 1950s and 1960s, Dixieland was one of the most commercially popular jazz styles in the US, Europe, and Japan, although critics paid little attention to it. In 1944, jazz impresario Norman Granz organized the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in Los Angeles, which helped make a star of Nat "King" Cole and Les Paul. In 1946, he founded Clef, discovering Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson in 1949 and merging Clef with his new label Verve in 1956, which advanced the career of Ella Fitzgerald. By the end of the 1940s, the nervous energy and tension of bebop was