Then, let's celebrate bandleader and trailblazer James Reese Europe (21 February 1881 – 9.May 1919).

Jason Moran recorded a brilliant homage last year - check it out:

https://jasonmoran.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-dancehall-to-the-battlefield

@jazz

#JazzBirthdays #OnThisDay #JamesReeseEurope #JasonMoran

More deep past in my Wednesday #Music:
The famous pre-WW1 dance duo Vernon and Irene Castle were looking for a band that would give them something that fit the new steps they were working with. They tried Sousa on for size, gave him notes...and he ignored every one of them. In #JamesReeseEurope's band, they found what they were looking for.

Too Much Mustard (Tres Moutarde) - Europe's Society Orchestra

#1910s #PreJazz

https://i78s.org/preview/311678b648037e7b6c58173e782cbc34