Louisiana Five

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Louisiana Five
Louisiana Five Jazz Band famous publicity photo.jpg
Left to right: Anton Lada, Karl Berger, Yellow Nunez, Joe Cawley, Charles Panelli
Background information
Origin New Orleans
Genres Dixieland
Years active1917–1920
Labels Emerson, Edison, Columbia
MembersAnton Lada, Karl Berger, Yellow Nunez, Joe Cawley, Charles Panelli

The Louisiana Five was an early Dixieland jazz band that was active from 1917 to 1920. It was among the earliest jazz groups to record extensively. The Louisiana Five was led by drummer Anton Lada.

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History

1919 Medallion disc by the Louisiana Five MedallionRecordLabel.jpg
1919 Medallion disc by the Louisiana Five

The Louisiana Five was formed in New York City. Lada recruited the other four members, the pianist Joe Cawley, trombonist Charlie Panelli (often spelled "Panely" in contemporary material) and banjo player Karl Berger. The clarinetist Alcide "Yellow" Nunez was with the Louisiana Five (1918–19). [1]

The band recorded extensively for various companies including Emerson Records, whose catalogue was leased to Medallion Records, [2] Columbia Records and Edison Records, and went on to produce such hits as "Clarinet Squawk" and "Slow and Easy". On one recording session they were joined by the multi-instrumentalist Bernard "Doc" Beherendson on cornet.

The band was popular in the New York City area in 1919 and made tours of Texas and Oklahoma.

After Nunez left the band, the group made one more pair of recordings in 1920 with a violin replacing the clarinet.

Discography

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References

  1. Koch, Lawrence. "Nunez, Alcide “Yellow”." Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. Rye, Howard. "Medallion". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. H. O. Brunn (2019). The Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Muriwai Books. ISBN   9781789123708.

Sources

"Louisiana Five" with audio samples Red Hot Jazz Archive