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

Tiger Rag

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Key
Bb
Time
C
Tempo
♩=132
AO focus
AO3

Incipit

Form

Multi-strain stomp. The most-recorded jazz tune of the 1920s. Authorship contested.

Teaching points

  • Multi-strain jazz form
  • ODJB controversial authorship
  • AO3: race and authorship in early jazz
Full score ↓Public domain

1917 first ed, PD via 95-year rule.

Topic T9