On this date in 1877, the phonograph was patented by Thomas Edison. Forty years later, in March, the first jazz record was made! (By the way, that record would be the Original Dixieland Jass Band's "Livery Stable Blues" …
This is just too good to leave on the review page . . . 245 pieces of jazz sheet music, all for free! The majority of them look like they're out of fakebooks, so they have chord changes and lyrics, too. Some of the music…
Happy Valentine's Day!
Check out the jazz-related candy hearts I found!
Definitions for the hopeless jazz fan:
tailgate party - when a bunch of New Orleans trombonists get together
The groundhog saw his shadow yesterday, which means six more weeks of good reeds! (Winter, low humidity, no wood warpage . . . oh, never mind. I'm sure all the reed players laughed . . .)