Edwin Branford Edwards (May 22, 1891 – April 9, 1963) was an early jazz trombonist who was a member of the Original Dixieland Jass Band.

Life and career

A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Edwards started on violin at age 10 and moved to trombone five years later.

Grammy Hall of Fame

"Darktown Strutters' Ball" (1917) by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006.

References

Sources

  • Tim Gracyk's Phonographs and Old Records
  • RedHotJazz.com Contains audio files of their vintage recordings
  • Brunn, H.O. The Story of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1960. Reprinted by Da Capo Press, 1977.
  • Gracyk, Tim, Frank Hoffmann, and B. Lee Cooper. Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925. (Haworth Popular Culture). Routledge, 2000.
  • Lange, Horst H. Wie der Jazz begann: 1916-1923, von der "Original Dixieland Jazz Band" bis zu King Olivers "Creole Jazz Band". Berlin: Colloquium Verlag, 1991.
  • Stewart, Jack. "The Original Dixieland Jazz Band's Place in the Development of Jazz." New Orleans International Music Colloquium, 2005.