NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Papa Jack Laine

George Vital Laine aka Papa Jack (September 21, 1873 - June 1, 1966) was the most busy and perhaps the most important band leader in New Orleans in the years from the Spanish-American War to World War I. September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... The Spanish-American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific. ... Missing image Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

Many of the New Orleans musicians who first spread jazz around the USA in the 1910s and 1920s got their start in the Laine bands. Papa Jack Laine, from period archival newspaper This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Events and trends Science Einsteins theory of general relativity Max von Laue discovers the diffraction of x-rays by crystals Alfred Wegener puts forward his theory of continental drift War, peace and politics Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary leads to World War I October Revolution in... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy Gun. ...

Laine was a drummer, but was more noted for his skills at arranging and booking bands. He often had several different bands playing parades, dances, and advertising events around town at the same time. He usually used the band name "Reliance" for parade marching band jobs. A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ...

Laine's musicians included individuals from most of New Orleans' many ethnic groups-- French, Italian, German, Jewish, Latin American, etc. It also included African American musicians. Laine started leading bands before the Jim Crow codes went into effect in New Orleans. Even after segregation laws started demanding "whites" and "colored" be kept separate, Laine continued to hire light and medium light skinned African-American musicians, claiming that they were "Cuban" or "Mexican" if any segregationist tried to start trouble. Hence some musicians who played with black bands like those of Buddy Bolden and Joe "King" Oliver also played with Laine. Thus there was a wide cross-fertilization of musical ideas in the Laine organization. A depiction of T.D. Rices Jim Crow In the United States, the so-called Jim Crow laws were made to enforce racial segregation, and included laws that would prevent African Americans from doing things that a white person could do. ... Racial segregation is a kind of formalized or institutionalized discrimination on the basis of race, characterized by the races separation from each other. ... Buddy Bolden Buddy Bolden (September 6, 1877 _ November 4, 1930) was a trumpeter and the first New Orleans jazz musician ever to come to prominence. ... Joe King Oliver, ( December 19, 1885 - April 8, 1938) was a bandleader and jazz musician. ...

Laine retired from the music booking business by 1920, but he lived a long life past 90, and was interviewed a number of times, providing first hand accounts of the early days of the development of New Orleans jazz. 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... For other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). ...

Laine hired well over 100 musicians to play in his bands. Some of the more prominent musicians with his bands included:

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