The Rough Guide to the Roots of Jazz

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

Eddie Lang

Tiny Parham and His Musicians

Louis Armstrong Orchestra

New Orleans Rhythm Kings

Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang

Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra

Earl Hines

Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

Freddie Keppard’s Jazz Cardinals

Russell's Hot Six

Joe Venuti’s Blue Four

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Eddie Condon Quartet

Fats Waller

Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra

Benny Goodman

James P. Johnson

Clarence Williams’ Blue Five

The Chicago Footwarmers

The Bucktown Five

Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra

Bessie Smith

E.C. Cobb and His Corn-Eaters