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“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

February 22, 1880: Born: James Reese Europe, first African-American to lead his own band for a major recording company.

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Europe would have played a significant part in the development of American Jazz in the 1920's has he not been murdered by a resentful band member in 1919.

He had just completed a series of excellent recordings of some early jazz for Pathé before his untimely death. This is one of my favorites with Noble Sissle vocal.
https://youtu.be/_KPVzzw_fto?si=IFokjy-Adk6MjWwf

Who made the arrangements, is it known? Was the same Jim woo arranged the music to be played?

I have a couple of the Victors by his Society Orchestra and one of the Pathé by the Hellfighter's Band.edisonplayer.