The Louisiana Five was an early
Dixieland jazz
Dixieland jazz, also referred to as traditional jazz, hot jazz, or simply Dixieland, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. The 1917 recordings by the Original Dixieland Jass Band ...
band that was active from 1917 to 1920. It was among the earliest jazz groups to record extensively. The Louisiana Five was led by drummer
Anton Lada.
History
The Louisiana Five was formed in
New York City
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. Lada recruited the other four members, the pianist Joe Cawley, trombonist Charlie Panelli (often spelled "Panely" in contemporary material) and banjo player Karl Berger. The clarinetist
Alcide "Yellow" Nunez was with the Louisiana Five (1918–19).
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The band recorded extensively for various companies including
Emerson Records
Emerson Records was an American record company and label created by Victor Emerson in 1915.
Victor Hugo Emerson was the chief recording engineer at Columbia Records. In 1914 he left the company, created the Emerson Phonograph Company, and then ...
, whose catalogue was leased to
Medallion Records,
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Edison Records
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, and went on to produce such hits as "Clarinet Squawk" and "Slow and Easy". On one recording session they were joined by the multi-instrumentalist Bernard "Doc" Beherendson on cornet.
The band was popular in the New York City area in 1919 and made tours of Texas and Oklahoma.
After Nunez left the band, the group made one more pair of recordings in 1920 with a violin replacing the clarinet.
Discography
*''After All'' (1919)
*''A Good Man Is Hard to Find'' (1918)
*''Alcoholic Blues'' (1919)
*''B-Hap-E'' (1919)
*''Big Fat Ma'' (1919)
*''Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me'' (1919)
*''Church Street Sobbin Blues'' (1919)
*''Clarinet Squawk'' (1919)
*''Dixie Blues'' (1919)
*''Down Where the Rajahs Dwell'' (1919)
*''Foot Warmer'' (1919)
*''Golden Rod'' (1919)
*''Heart Sickness Blues'' (1918)
*''Hello, Hello'' (1919)
*''High Brown Babies' Ball'' (1919)
*''I Ain't 'En Got 'Er No Time to Have the Blues'' (1919)
*''I'll Get Him Yet'' (1920)
*''Just Another Good Man Gone Wrong'' (1919)
*''Laughing Blues'' (1918)
*''Land of Creole Girls'' (1920)
*''Lead Me to It'' (1919)
*''Oh Joe, Get Your Fiddle and Your Bow'' (1920)
*''Orange Blossom Rag'' (1919)
*''Rainy Day Blues'' (1919)
*''Ringtail Blues'' (1919)
*''Slow and Easy'' (1919)
*''Summer Days'' (1919)
*''Sunshine Girl'' (1920)
*''That Shanghai Melody'' (1919)
*''Town Topic Rag'' (1919)
*''Thunderbolt'' (1919)
*''Virginia Blues'' (1919)
*''Weary Blues'' (1919)
*''Weeping Willow Blues'' (1920)
*''Yama Yama Blues'' (1919)
*''Yelping Hound Blues'' (1919)
*''You Can't Get Lovin' Where There Ain't Any Love'' (1919)
References
Sources
"Louisiana Five" with audio samplesRed Hot Jazz Archive
External links
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American jazz ensembles from New York City
Musical groups established in 1917
Musical groups disestablished in 1920