From 1917 to 1934 Gennett Records, a small, family owned record label out of Richmond, Indiana recorded some of the earliest, most eclectic and most curious mid-west and east coast jazz- From the first recordings of LOUIS ARMSTRONG, KING OLIVER, BIX BEIDERBECKE , HOAGY CARMICHAEL and JELLY ROLL MORTON to obscure "territory" bands such as ZACK WHYTE & HIS CHOCOLATE BEAU BRUMMEL'S, SYD VALENTINE & HIS PATENT LEATHER KIDS and THE BLACKBIRDS OF PARADISE , Gennett recorded it ALL - and preserved the sounds of early jazz in every imaginable incarnation. JOIN US as we explore some of those early Gennett recorded sounds! .
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