- From the outset, the Italians were fundamental to boosting the birth of jazz, first in New Orleans and later in Chicago and New York, until “returning” to Italy itself.
Cover photo: Dominic “Nick” LaRocca, born in New Orleans (1889) to a family of Sicilian immigrants. His famous Original Dixieland Jazz Band made the first commercially issued jazz recordings in New York City in 1917.
- From the outset, the Italians were fundamental to boosting the birth of jazz, first in New Orleans and later in Chicago and New York, until “returning” to Italy itself.