The First King of Jazz: James Reese Europe

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MUSIC

“Missouri Blues”
Composed by James Reese Europe
Performed by the Harlem Hellfighters Band (1919)

”If Dat’s Society Excuse Me”
Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, Will Johns (1900)
Piano by Berielle (Oh You Rag!)

“If Dat’s Society Excuse Me”
Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, Will Johns (1900)
Piano by Berielle (Oh You Rag!)

”St. Louis Tickle”
Composed by Barney & Seymore (1904)
Piano by Dorian Henry

“Castle House Rag”
Composed by James Reese Europe
Performed by Europe Society Band (1914)

“How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm
(After They Seen Gay Paree?)”
Music by Walter Donaldson
Words by Joe Young & Sam M. Lewis.
Performed by the Harlem Hellfighters Band (1919)

“My Choc’late Soldier Sammy Boy”
Composed by James Reese Europe
Performed by the Harlem Hellfighters Band (1919)

“The Hesitating Blues”
Composed by WC Handy
Performed by Europe Society Band (1919)

“Jazzola”
Music by J. Russel Robinson, & Theodore Morse
Lyrics by Al M. Kendall
Performed by the Harlem Hellfighters (1914)
Vocals by Noble Sissle

RESEARCH

Books:
Badger, Reid. A Life in Ragtime, a biography of James Reese Europe. Oxford University Press, 2007.

Papers:
Badger, Reid. "James Reese Europe and the Prehistory of Jazz." American Music, Vol. 7, No. 1, Special Jazz Issue (Spring, 1989), pp. 48-67
Barrett, R. G. "The Music of James Reese Europe For Vernon and Irene Castle." (Master's thesis, 2013).Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/2308

Sooo many articles:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
https://syncopatedtimes.com/james-ree...
https://www.historynet.com/how-harlem...
https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/i...

(and more...)

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