Jazz & Ragtime — Public-domain era
Early Jazz · 1917

Livery Stable Blues

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Key
Bb
Time
C
Tempo
♩=132
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

First commercial jazz recording (1917). 12-bar blues + comedy animal-imitation breaks.

Teaching points

  • First commercial jazz recording
  • 12-bar blues + breaks
  • AO3: birth of recorded jazz
Full score ↓Public domain

1917 first ed, PD via 95-year rule.

Topic T9