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The band was formed in late 1980 by Guitarist Mark Tighe and Vocalist Ian Tilleard. After starting life as Heaven Seventeen, [2] and with early line-ups including a pre-Zodiac Mindwarp Mark Manning, the band eventually settled as 1919 (after a book belonging to Tighe) with Nick Hiles on Bass and Mick Reed on Drums. Their intention was ...
The band had chosen the name Bauhaus 1919, a reference to the German Bauhaus art movement of the 1920s, [14] because of its "stylistic implications and associations", according to David J. [15] The band also chose the same typeface used on the Bauhaus college building in Dessau, Germany, as well as the Bauhaus emblem, designed by Oskar Schlemmer.
The band's April 7, 1919 [10] appearance in the revue Joy Bells at the London Hippodrome was the first official live jazz performance by any band in the United Kingdom [11] and was followed by a command performance for King George V at Buckingham Palace.
Buddy Bolden's band begins performing; some will consider this the first jazz band, [127] and Bolden the first jazz musician. [137] Bolden is an influential cornetist in the early history of jazz, [138] and his band innovates the use of the string bass in place of the tuba. [139]
The first recording was by the Louisiana Five in 1919, and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings recorded their version in 1923. [64] It was the first jazz number to be played in the White House. [65] Originally titled "The Pastime Rag #8", [65] the song is also known as "Shake It and Break It". [66] 1916 – "Beale Street Blues". [67] Blues song by W ...
Pages in category "Musical groups established in 1919" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
April 7 – The Original Dixieland Jazz Band brings Dixieland jazz to England, opening a 15-month tour at the Hippodrome, London. May 3 – The National Association of Negro Musicians is established in Washington, D.C. under the leadership of Nora Holt and Henry Grant. [1]
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band visited England in 1919 and generated new interest in the new music. Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet also delivered an accolade to Sidney Bechet in Revue Romande, considered the first serious article on jazz in history, and Bechet is lauded as a gifted musician by many classical European musicians. [1]