Papa Jack Laine

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Papa Jack Laine
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George Vital "Papa Jack" Laine (September 21, 1873 – June 1, 1966)

jazz music
.

Laine's Reliance Brass Band was the first to fuse European, African, and Latin music. The earliest jazz musicians can be traced back to playing in the Reliance Brass Band or being influenced by those who had.[3]

Many of the New Orleans musicians who first spread jazz around the United States in the 1910s and 1920s got their start in Laine's marching band, including the members of the Original Dixieland Jass Band.[4]

Career

Laine was a

Jim Crow laws went into effect in New Orleans.[5]

Due to the diverse background of many of his band's members, a broad range of ideas developed and fused, leading to the early beginnings of jazz music.[5]

Even after

African-American musicians, claiming that they were "Cuban" or "Mexican" if any segregationist tried to start trouble. Therefore, his band attracted a large and diverse group of people such as Mexican clarinetist Lorenzo Tio, Sr., a pioneer of the jazz solo. Laine believed music brought people together.[5]

Laine retired from the music booking business by 1920, but he was interviewed a number of times, providing first-hand accounts of the early days of the development of

New Orleans jazz
.

On January 1, 1951, Laine was made an Honorary Life Member and given the title of "Father of White Jazz" by the New Orleans Jazz Club.

List of musicians hired by Laine to play in his bands

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Laine hired well over 100 musicians to play in his bands, including the following:

References

  1. ISBN 9780634080548
    . Retrieved 10 April 2018. Big Bands.
  2. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Papa Jack Laine: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
  3. ^ "Birthplace of Jazz", New Orleans Music History Online, neworleansonline.com; accessed October 8, 2014.
  4. ^ ""Papa" Jack Laine (1873-1966)". Red Hot Jazz Archive. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Papa Jack" George Vetiala Laine, National Park Service,
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