Coincidentally, the first Rock n Roll song, “Rocket 88” by Ike Turner & Jackie Brenston was first recorded in the same building that Bessie Smith died in — now the Riverside Motel in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

“[Keppard’s] Creole Band was tremendous. They really played jazz.” – Jelly Roll Morton, noting the invention of Jazz

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