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NEW! - ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT 2008 - PDF DOCUMENT
NEW - Sound Samples on All Songs

40th ANNIVERSARY New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (JazzzFest) lineup announced.
Saturday, May 2, 2009: Jimmy LaRocca's Original Dixieland Jazz Band® to perform in Economy Hall.

New CD "Dixieland Jazz for Children" is listed on the first round of the 51st Grammy Awards ballot (NARAS).

On February 8, 2006 the Original Dixieland Jazz Band was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for their 1917 recording of the “Darktown Strutter’s Ball.”

New - Trip photos added   ***Nick LaRocca Cultural Arts Center opens Saturday, August 16, 2008 in Salaparuta, Sicily***

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LSU Sugarbowl
pre-party with ODJB
Sunday Jan 4, 2004

View photos on the Vintage photos page  
in the Photo Gallery

Notable:

8/16/2008
Nick LaRocca
Cultural Arts Center
Sicily, Italy

8/4/2002
Kennedy Center
Washington Post
Performance Review

Welcome to the ODJB history and information page.

The Original Dixieland Jass Band was formed in 1916 with five talented musicians from New Orleans who were performing in Chicago. Their early influences came from performing with the likes of Papa Jack Laine, Braun’s Military Band and other Ragtime or society groups. They may have also been influence by a few other bands or groups performing in and around New Orleans during the early 1900’s. The group’s leader, Dominic James “Nick” LaRocca, was definitely influenced by the music of the Opera House in New Orleans and John Phillip Sousa, as these were his idols. The music they performed and recorded was their own and the band made American music history. It is natural for people worldwide to be proud of the accomplishments of this great American band.

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