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New Orleans Jazz National Historical ParkAll Women's Traditional Jazz Band performs at park Visitor Center
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New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
Making a New Orleans Jazz Gumbo
Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1916)  

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The Original Dixieland Jazz Band is credited with making the first jazz recording in 1917. Cornetist Freddie Keppard was offered the chance to record first, but refused for fear that other musicians would steal his ideas.

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