Dixieland jazz

1)Dixieland The south-eastern portion of the USA

2) Music. Dixieland is a style of jazz that was born in New Orleans early in the 20th century, and spread to Chicago and New York by New Orleans bands in the 1910s. It is often concidered the first true type of Jazz, and was the first music refered to by the term jazz (before 1917 often spelled "jass"). The style combined earlier Ragtime and Blues with collective improvisation.

Common Dixieland combos include a drum kit, upright bass, trombone, trumpet, and  clarinet. The definitive Dixieland sound is created by the simultaneous improvisation of trumpet, trombone, and clarinet.

The style is named after the first band to make popular recordings of it, the Original Dixieland Jass Band. The music has been played continuously since the early part of the 20th century. Many "Dixieland" groups conciously immitate the recordings and bands of decades earlier. Other musicians continue to create innovative performances and original new tunes. Most fans of post bebop jazz concider "Dixieland" to no longer be a vital part of jazz, while some adherents concider music in the traditional style, when well and creatively played, is every bit as "modern" as any other jazz style.

While the term "Dixieland" is in wide use, the term's appropriateness is a hotly debated topic in some circles. For some it is the prefered label (especially bands on the USA's West coast and those influenced by the 1950s revival bands), while others (especially New Orleans musicians, and those influenced by the African-American bands of the 1920s) would rather use terms like "Classic Jazz" or "Traditional Jazz". Some of the later concider "Dixieland" a derogatory term implying superficial hokem played without passion or deep understanding of the music. Some of the more rabid traditionalists even insist that the style should simply be called "jazz", or that it is the only "real" jazz, suggesting that later styles misappropriated the term first used for this style.

Dixieland has a happy sound that is still the first introduction to jazz for many people.

Famous Dixieland tunes include: "Basin Street Blues," "Tin Roof Blues," "A Closer Walk With Thee," and many others.

Most of the artists historically identified with Dixieland are listed in the main jazz article.