1. Cornetist and trumpeter LaRocca was the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band (later changed to the Original Dixieland Jazz Band) which made the first jazz recordings in 1917

2. Initially created as a post horn, the Cornet had found a home in the world of jazz and Dixieland, being used throughout the years by legendary musicians such as W.C

3. The Cornetist Jimmy McPartland, one of the originators of the brash 1920's variant of Dixieland that became known as Chicago-style jazz, died yesterday at his home in Port Washington, L.I.

4. Pete Fountain plays a dozen songs associated with seven different Clarinetists ranging from Benny Goodman and Woody Herman to Irving Fazola and even Ted Lewis.Backed by a big band directed by Bud Dant on some of the selections, Fountain is in excellent form playing in his own swing/Dixieland style