Livery Stable Blues
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"Livery Stable Blues" is a jazz composition copyrighted by Ray Lopez and Alcide Nunez in 1917. It was recorded by the Original Dixieland Jass Band on February 26, 1917, and, with the A side "Dixieland Jass Band One-Step" or "Dixie Jass Band One-Step", became widely acknowledged as the first jazz recording commercially released. It was recorded by the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York City at its studio at 46 West 38th Street on the 12th floor – the top floor.
First pressing of the Victor release of "Livery Stable Blues" Performed by ODJB, 18255-B, 1917
The sheet music cover for the ODJB version under the alternate title "Barnyard Blues", Leo Feist, Inc., New York, copyright 1917.
1917 Ray Lopez and Alcide Nunez version sheet music cover, artwork by Grim Natwick. Roger Graham Music Publisher, Chicago.
Alcide Nunez
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Alcide Patrick Nunez, also known as Yellow Nunez and Al Nunez, was an American jazz clarinetist. He was one of the first musicians of New Orleans to make audio recordings.
