Unfortunately, the Bozzies' "Heebie Jeebies" wasn't recorded until I think 1930, or it would have made the cut. Ditto "Mood Indigo". David McCarn's "Gastonia Gallop" wasn't enough of a rag.

Here's some I included some ragtime/blues stuff that's, at least, related to jazz. Dates if I can find them. One per artist, though individuals may show up more than once (e.g. Louis Armstrong backing Bessie Smith and with the Hot Seven)
"King Porter Stomp" - Jelly Roll Morton (1926)
"Potato Head Blues" - Louis…

I'm not sure either. It is credited to LaRocca, but may have come from someone else. I know Jelly Roll claimed it also, but that's probably more dubious than LaRocca's claim.

I'll come up with some. I'm not sure off-hand when some stuff was recorded.

"Tiger Rag" is a great tune though. Here's Louis Armstrong playing it (plus "I Cover the Waterfront" and "Dinah") in 1933. https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Yeah it's unfortunate that the first jazz recording was by a not all that great white band doing a novelty song and not, say, Buddy Bolden (who never recorded anything). Oh well.

I prefer "Billy Goat Stomp"

Maybe the bad guy's* plan§ to only visit fairly easily recognizable historical events† wasn't a good‡ one.

Existent awards are sweet, but those non-existent
Are sweeter; therefore, ye fake Okras, award on

The Okras? (an anagram for Oskar!)

From all I can tell, the Katzenklavier, or cat piano, is a hoax. The idea was that a series of captive cats with their tails trapped under a keyboard would cry out different notes of pain as their key was pressed. The first description of it is in the 17th c. by a German Jesuit, Athanasius Kircher. A few years back…

If only we were cousins.

After checking to see who that is (it's Arthur!), I can say yes I have.

I'd say "Oldest First!", but I wasn't actually here for any of that.

Maeby I should've started watching Search Party earlier, but I'm liking it pretty well so far.

"A Pirate I Was Meant to Be"

Happy 45th birthday, Pink Moon.

He was producer on some other good tracks too like "I've Got Reasons" by Mary Jane Hooper
"Garden of Four Trees" by The Explosions
"Goody Man" by Walter Washington
He had a label called Scram Records for awhile.

For some reason AVC decided to post about Al Scramuzza a weird New Orleans seafood salesman/commercial icon/record producer today. http://www.avclub.com/artic…

I think "Muchacho's Tune" may be my favorite off that album.