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 ...
Jo Ellen Bickmeier was Jo Ellen Sylvester back then, a sixth-grader at Bloomington’s Arlington Heights Elementary School appearing in a 90-minute Friday evening minstrel show called “The Darktown ...
Ella Fitzgerald and her Savoy Eight. side 1: The Darktown Strutters Ball; side 2: My Last Affair (Decca 1061). Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 1 ...