Pioneers of Jazz

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Pioneers of Jazz is written by Lawrence Gushee and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199889791 (ISBN 10) and 9780199889792 (ISBN 13).

Thanks to the pioneering tours of the Creole Band, jazz began to be heard nationwide on the vaudeville stages of America from 1914 to 1918. This seven-piece band toured the country, exporting for the first time the authentic jazz strains that had developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. The Creole Band has not heretofore been recognized for its unique importance. But in his monumental, careful research, jazz scholar Lawrence Gushee firmly establishes the group's central role in jazz history.