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Part IV: I Like the Way You Play: The Jazz Musician
Sound waves: Peaks in the history of recording
Jazz was first recorded in 1917 by the Original
Dixieland Jazz Band (see Chapter 5), but
recording technology had already evolved for
40 years. One disappointing fact is that other
types of music were recorded many years
before jazz; we mourn the loss of music made
by cornet player Buddy Bolden and other early
heroes. Nonetheless, the advent of sound
recording marked a genuine modern marvel.
Here are a few highlights:
� 1877: Thomas Edison records sound to a
cylinder and demonstrates his phonograph
for the editors of Scientific American.
Edison’s first recording: “Mary Had a Little
Lamb.”
� 1878: Edison patents his cylinder phonograph.
� 1888: Emile Berliner patents the flat-disc
phonograph.
� 1898: Valdemar Poulson patents the wire
recorder.
� 1901: Thomas Edison’s music cylinders are
now mass-produced, but only 120 or so
can be made from one original master.
� 1906: The Victor cabinet “Victrola” phonograph
is released.
� 1908: John Lomax records a black saloonkeeper
singing “Home on the Range.” His
son Alan later makes important archival
recordings of Jelly Roll Morton and countless
blues musicians. John and Alan Lomax
were among the first to make important
recordings in the field using newly invented
portable equipment.
� 1913: Thomas Edison’s cylinders become
obsolete when Edison begins manufacturing
the Edison Disc Phonograph.
� 1917: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
makes the first jazz recording.
� 1923: Bessie Smith’s record “Down-Hearted
Blues” sells 750,000.
� 1926: Bing Crosby makes recordings using
new Bell Labs microphones that enhance
the warm “crooner” sound.
� 1927: Automatic Music Instrument introduces
the first jukebox.
� 1928: German Georg Neumann launches a
microphone company that continues to
create some of the best mics for recording
music.
� 1931: Pfleumer and AEG build the first magnetic
tape recorders.
� 1948: Columbia introduces the 331 ⁄3 rpm
record with 23 minutes of music per side.
� 1949: Magnecord produces one of the first
stereo tape recorders.
� 1958: The first stereo albums are released.
� 1958: Koss introduces stereo headphones,
creating a whole new personal experience
of music.
� 1962: Henry Kloss markets the first portable
stereo.
� 1963: Philips unveils the compact audio
cassette.
� 1979: Sony introduces the Walkman personal
cassette player.
� 1982: The first CDs are released.
� 1981: IBM’s first PC is released, creating
the potential to record and mix music on
computers.