First Song - The Original Dixieland One-Step

This is Jazz. This is Jazz. This is Jazz's radio's only live talent presentation. The authentic improvised New Orleans Jazz. The writer and narrator is Rudy Blanche, famous jazz critic and author of the recent book, Shining Profits.

A colorful history of this American music. Each week of this time he and his great jazz man bring you a solid half hour of superb, The superb improvise jazz and scenes from its history. So here is Rudy Bletch.

And here we are already in action to go on the 15th session of This is Jazz. Now we're going to reach way down deep in the songbag for our opener today. Now let's see. The date, 1917, and the composer Nick LaRoca of the original Dixieland Jazz Band, those were the boys who a year before had brought jazz to a New York that was first stunned and

alarmed. was charmed and ended up of course dancing. In the name of the tune, the original Dixieland One Step. Here's out there where a fleetman we began, I'm sure you're awake now, from that tune, the original Dixieland One Step, played by musicians who are today carrying on the best

and purest traditions of the jazz that began way down yonder in New Orleans. And from that city we have right here with us George Bruni's on trombone, Albert Nick on clarinet, baby dogs on drums, Danny Barker on guitar, and Pops Foster on bass.

And I've heard a rumor that next Monday is Pops birthday, his 55th birthday he says, that he's been playing bass for 48 years. He's really the granddaddy of the bass. And from Chicago, many happy returns, Pops.