Preston Jackson in New Orleans - between 1915 and 1918
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, page 42:
One of the best numbers I ever heard Joe [Oliver] play was "Eccentric". He took all the breaks, imitating a rooster and a baby [on his horn]. He was a riot in those days, his band from 1915 or '16 to 1918 being the best in New Orleans. The La Rocca Boys of the Dixieland Jazz Band used to hang around and got ideas from his gang. The boys playing with Joe then were Johnny Dodds, clarinet; Edward Ory, trombone; Ed Garland, bass viol; Henry Zeno, drums; Eddie Polla, violin; and a guitar player whose name I have forgotten. He didn't use a piano. How those boys could swing, and it was jazz they … more >>
Nat Hentoff and Nat Shapiro, Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It (London, 1992), p. 42. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433527765555 accessed: 26 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Eccentric | performed by Eddie Polla, Edward Ory, Henry Zeno, Joe Oliver, Johnny Dodds, Ed Garland |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | between 1915 and 1918 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, in public |