JAZZ, ALGIERS STYLE

HOW TO RESEARCH YOUR HOUSE

Researching the history of Jazz in Algiers has proved an interesting “pastime” for Kevin HERRIDGE - “Let me rephrase that - it has consumed me. It has also allowed me to meet some wonderful people. My research will finally be published in a book entitled “Over Da River.”

THE EARLIEST MENTION OF MUSIC FOUND IN ALGIERS WAS IN 1837, when a concert was to be held at the “Pavilion de Chene Vert” (Live Oaks Pavilion). The music to be played at the Ballroom was by “MUZARD, AUBER, and STRAUSS,” as well as military music by BEER and a “Grande Valse de Minuit” featuring “explosion de canon” by H. LEHMAN.

OTHER ALGIERS’ BANDS
INCLUDED THE...

Tom ALBERT Band
Algiers Brass Band

Algiers Naval Station Band

Mervin BUDGE’s Band

Peter BOCAGE’s Creole Serenaders

Norman BROWNLEE Band

Charles DEVERGE Band

George LEWIS’ Ragtime Jazz Band

Billy LUFT’s Band

Bert PECK’s Princeton Revellers

Sam ROSS Orchestra

Leslie STURTEVANT’s Band

Elton THEODORE Orchestra

Charlie LOVE’s Band
Sam MORGAN’s Band

“Kid” Thomas VALENTINE’s Algiers Stompers

... to name a few.