Henry W. Ragas

Among the to begin many early fatalities in jazz, Henry Ragas’ 1 claim to popularity was his association with the initial Dixieland Jazz Music group. Ragas found experience like a single pianist during 1910-13. He proceeded to go with Johnny Stein’s music group to Chicago in 1916 and, when many of the music artists remaining the group to be able to form the initial Dixieland Jazz Music group, Ragas was included in this. The ODJB, the very first jazz group to ever record, became a significant strike in 1917. Ragas was for the band’s 1st 21 recordings (including “Bluin’ The Blues” which he made up) although he’s nearly inaudible because of the primitive documenting technology from the period. Tragically shortly prior to the group was arranged to tour Britain (where they truly became a feeling), Henry Ragas was a sufferer from the 1919 flu epidemic and he passed away at age 27; J. Russell Robinson will be his long term replacement using the ODJB.