Louisiana Five

One of the first ensembles hired to record something resembling jazz, the Louisiana Five are, interestingly enough, accused of having a flora fetish by an observer astute enough to notice song titles such as "Orange Blossom," "Golden Rod," and "Weeping Willow," even a sheet music folio with a picture of the group studying the notation for "California Blossom." To be fair, the septet recorded dozens of titles between 1918 and 1920, examining a number of topics of which "Big Fat Ma," "Clarinet Squawk," "Down Where the Rajahs Dwell," and "Yelping Hound Blues" seem intriguing and ...