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Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin

This example of Scott Joplin playing his own composition "Maple Leaf Rag", recorded on pianola cylinder, is one of the earliest examples of the emerging Jazz style.

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Dippermouth Blues - King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

Recorded: 1923

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Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers

Recorded: 1926

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I'm Coming Virginia - Bix Beiderbecke and Frank Trumbauer

Recorded: 1927

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West End Blues - Louis Armstrong

Recorded: Chicago, June 28, 1928

OKeh 8597, 41078

Louis Armstrong and The Hot Five

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Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Bessie Smith

Recorded: 1929

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Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins

Recorded: October 11, 1939

Widely regarded as a pivotal recording, Hawkins improvises throughout almost the entire song.

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Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grapelli

Recorded: 1940

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Black, Brown, and Beige - Duke Ellington Part 1

Recorded December 11 and 12, 1944

Work Song

Come Sunday

The Blues

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Black, Brown, and Beige - Duke Ellington Part 2

Recorded December 11 and 12, 1944

West Indian Dance

Emancipation Celebration

Sugar Hill Penthouse

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