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US Army Jazz Band - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
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Photograph shows an African American jazz band during World War I at Camp Upton, Yaphank, Long Island, New York State. (Source: Print of negative in PR 06 CN 133, Container 1, Folder 1)
The tradition of brass bands in America starts in New Orleans, late 19th century. New Orleans brass bands could feature trumpets, trombones, clarinets, saxophones, sousaphones and percussion. The music played by these bands was a fusion between European military band music and African folk music brought to the Americas by west African slaves and the idiom played a significant role in the development of traditional jazz.
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Date
01/01/1914
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Bain News Service, publisher
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Library of Congress
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