The song The Darktown Strutters’ Ball was the earliest jazz recording ever made, and it was written by Shelton Brooks, an Afro-Canadian who has the music industry’s first superstar. This compelling ...

The New Orleans duo returns to town after their New Year's Eve show at Zubar, in a much more fitting venue. Hopefully this time Miss Pussycat will do her acid-trip puppet show, as it's always the ...

Hoosier Hot Shots. side 1: At the Darktown Strutters' Ball; side 2: You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do) (Conqueror 8661). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1936 and released on ...

side 1: The Harlem Footwarmers. Big House Blues; side 2: Red McKenzie and the Celestial Beings. Darktown Strutters Ball (Parlophone R 1044). 78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1930 and released ...