Austin High School Gang

Austin High School Gang
Austin High School Gang
Origin	Chicago, Illinois
Genres	Jazz;
Years active	1920–30
Past members	Jimmy McPartland; Dick McPartland; Dave Tough; Dave North; Bud Freeman; Frank Teschemacher; Jim Lanigan; Floyd O'Brien;

The Austin High School Gang was the name given to a group of young, white musicians from the West Side of Chicago, who all attended Austin High School during the early 1920s. They rose to prominence as pioneers of the Chicago Style in the 1920s, which was modeled on a hurried version of New Orleans Jazz.^[1]

^ Gridley, Mark C. Jazz Styles: History and Analysis. Addison Wesley Longman, 9th ed., 2005. Print.

[1] Gridley, Mark C. Jazz Styles: History and Analysis. Addison Wesley Longman, 9th ed., 2005. Print.

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