Original Creole Band

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Original Creole Band
One of the great bands to have never recorded, the Original Creole Band was an important early group, one that helped introduce jazz to Los Angeles and Chicago. Bassist Bill Johnson founded the band as a trio in 1908 and after it added cornetist Ernest Coycault and a trombonist, it left New Orleans to tour the Southwest. The group settled in Los Angeles for a time and for a while its pianist was Dink Johnson. By 1914 the band had become quite popular in L.A. so Johnson sent to New Orleans for...
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