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...Jazz is the assassination, the murdering, the slaying of syncopation . . . We are musical anarchists." Thus Cornetist Nick LaRocca defined the new music he and other members of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band had played at Reisen-weber's restaurant in Manhattan during World War I. When word about the shocking doings at Reisenweber's got to the Victor Talking Machine Co., the Dix-Jelanders were asked to come up and cut two sides. They blared two of their liveliest numbers-Livery Stable Blues and Dixie Jazz Band One-Step-into an eightinch acoustical horn, and thus became...
From Cleveland also was Nat LaRocca's finance. Nat adds his name to the growing list of prospective grooms, come commissioning day. It doesnt look as if Professor Hanson's shrewd forecast will be far wrong. He knows all the tricks, about any field. Apartment hunters, take note...