They added a certain slang word to their name after a rival club owner accused them of playing music fit only for brothels.  Drummer Tony Sbarbaro on drums, pianist Henry Raga
They added a certain slang word to their name after a rival club owner accused them of playing music fit only for brothels.  Drummer Tony Sbarbaro on drums, pianist Henry Ragas, clarinet player Larry Shields, cornet player Nick LaRocca, and trombonist Eddie Edwards were all from New Orleans.  Together they released the 1917 recordings that gave birth to a genre of music.  FTP, name this pioneers of jazz.
They added a certain slang word to their name after a rival club owner accused them of playing music fit only for brothels.  
Original Dixieland Jazz Band or ODJB [The word "jazz" came from "jass," or male ejaculate.]