<P> ODJB billed itself as the `` Creators of Jazz '' . It was the first band to record jazz commercially and to have hit recordings in the new genre . Band leader and cornetist Nick LaRocca argued that ODJB deserved recognition as the first band to record jazz commercially and the first band to establish jazz as a musical idiom or genre . </P>
<P> ODJB billed itself as the `` Creators of Jazz '' . It was the first band to record jazz commercially and to have hit recordings in the new genre . Band leader and cornetist Nick LaRocca argued that ODJB deserved recognition as the first band to record jazz commercially and the first band to establish jazz as a musical idiom or genre . </P>
the new orleans cornetist credited with establishing the instrumentation of the era was
the new orleans cornetist credited with establishing the instrumentation of the era was
Nick LaRocca
Nick LaRocca