Clarinet Marmalade

"Clarinet Marmalade"
Performed by the Dixie Players of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band
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1918 release by the ODJB on Victor as the B side to "Mournin' Blues", 18513-B.
Larry Shields

Clarinet Marmalade, later Clarinet Marmalade Blues,[1] is a 1918 dixieland jazz standard composed by Larry Shields and Henry Ragas of the Original Dixieland Jass Band.[2] It is played in the key of F major.[3] It was recorded by Fletcher Henderson in 1926 and Frankie Trumbauer in 1927.

In 2024, the original 1918 recording was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being ''culturally, historically or aesthetically significant''.

  1. ^ Sudhalter, Richard M. (4 April 2002). Stardust Melody : The Life and Music of Hoagy Carmichael: The Life and Music of Hoagy Carmichael. Oxford University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-19-803005-8.
  2. ^ Burke, Patrick Lawrence (2003). "Come in and Hear the Truth": Jazz, Race, and Authenticity on Manhattan's 52nd Street, 1930-1950. University of Wisconsin--Madison. pp. 230, 350.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference University2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).