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Original Dixieland Jazz Band "Tiger Rag" ODJB, not American version (England 1919) Hold that tiger

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band plays "Tiger Rag"--the London version! In America, we know the Victor version from 1918, but this 1919 version from London is worth listening to. It must have been a huge hit in England since it seems all British musicians in the 1920s and 1930s played "Tiger Rag." "Tiger Rag" was possibly more popular in England than in America! The band traveled to London in March 1919, staying for a year and a half. For several months, beginning in October, English pianist Billy Jones was a band member. England's Columbia company engaged the band in 1919 and 1920 for 17 numbers issued on twelve-inch discs. The band recorded eight original compositions (all with Robinson on piano) as well as nine non-original works, mostly popular tunes of the day (all with Jones on piano). Few tunes have been recorded as often as “Tiger Rag.” It is one of the earliest jazz tunes to evolve into a standard. From 1918 to 1938, countless jazz musicians and entertainers tackled “Tiger Rag,” often taking it at an astonishing tempo as a show-off piece. It evolved into a marching band favorite in schools. “Tiger Rag” did not have lyrics originally, but it became so popular that lyrics were written in 1931 by Harry DaCosta. In a Brunswick recording made in that year, the Mills Brothers sing DaCosta’s lines over and over: “Hold that tiger,” “Here’s that tiger,” and “Where's that tiger?” Few songs have simpler lyrics. The tune was first recorded by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (ODJB) on August 17, 1917, but it was the wrong record company at the wrong time. Few copies of “Tiger Rag” on the Aeolian-Vocalion label exist. The Aeolian Piano Company of New York City, new at selling records, lacked the sophisticated distribution networks of the three companies--Victor, Columbia, and Edison--that dominated America’s disc market. Also, Aeolian-Vocalion discs were in a vertical format that could not be played successfully on most phonographs. The band again recorded “Tiger Rag” on March 25, 1918. This version issued by the Victor Talking Machine Company sold very well when it was issued in August 1918. It would have sold even more copies if the nation had not been at war. The Victor company was unable to issue huge quantities of any disc in 1918 since shellac was diverted from the record industry for the making of munitions. Victor advertisements in early 1919 proclaimed, "Don't blame the dealer for the shortage of Victor products--the Government needed us!" “Tiger Rag” was not the ensemble’s best-selling record (again, due to wartime shortages), but it is the ODJB number most often covered by later bands. “Tiger” in the tune’s title refers to the roars and growls produced by that ensemble’s trombonist, Eddie Edwards, on recordings and during live performances. The “rag” in the title gives a nod to the song’s upbeat or “peppy” nature associated with ragtime. When the song was first recorded, jazz was often viewed as a music full of “pep and ginger,” as one popular song in 1916 puts it. The actual name of “jazz” was changing at this time--it started as “jas” or “jass.”. In the sense that “Tiger Rag” was upbeat, fast, and cheerful, it is representative of the earliest era of jazz (or “jass”). Unlike some other numbers popularized by the ODJB, “Tiger Rag” shows no influence of the blues. Composer credit was originally given on sheet music to D. J. “Nick” LaRocca, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band’s cornet player. Some later editions of the sheet music gave composer credit to the entire ensemble. “Tiger Rag” possibly achieved even greater popularity in England than in its country of origin. When the Original Dixieland Jazz Band recorded it in 1919 during a long stay (over a year) in London, that recording influenced British youngsters hearing jazz for the first time. The song is always played in an upbeat and playful manner--sometimes frantic! “Tiger Rag” is a jazz standard that emphasizes the “pep” and energy associated with the new music that emerged around 1916 as “jass.” Original Dixieland Jazz Band "Tiger Rag" ODJB, not American version (England 1919) Hold that tiger