| "At the Jazz Band Ball" | |
|---|---|
 Sheet music | |
| Song | |
| Written | 1917 |
| Published | 1928 |
| Recorded | March 19, 1918 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Victor Records |
| Composer(s) | Larry Shields and Nick LaRocca |
| Audio sample | |
Recording of At the Jazz Band Ball, performed by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1918) | |
"At the Jazz Band Ball" is a 1917 jazz instrumental recorded by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. The instrumental is one of the earliest and most recorded jazz compositions. It is a jazz classic and a standard of the genre.
The instrumental was recorded by Larry Shields, Tony Sbarbaro, Henry Ragas, Nick LaRocca, and Eddie Edwards, the members of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. It was composed by Nick LaRocca and Larry Shields, and first recorded as "At the Jass Band Ball" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band on September 3, 1917, in New York and released as an Aeolian Vocalion single, A1205. The instrumental was rerecorded on March 19, 1918, and was released as a Victor 78 single, Victor 18457, Matrix #B-21583/1, with "Ostrich Walk" as the flip side. A third version was recorded on April 16, 1919, in London, England and released as a 78 single as Columbia 735 with "Barnyard Blues" as the flip side.[1][2]
Lyricist Johnny Mercer added lyrics to the original 1917 ODJB instrumental in 1950.
- ^ Brunn, H.O. The Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1960. Reprinted by Da Capo Press, 1977. ISBN 0-306-70892-2.
- ^ "Original Dixieland Jass Band. Red Hot Jazz". Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2012-11-25.