Harold Veo's Orchestra plays "The Zoo Step" on Victor 18372 (June 29, 1917).<br /><br />This ensemble was marketed as a "jass" band in 1917. <br /><br />Calling such music "jass" was a marketing ploy or gimmick--if the music was upbeat, then advertising executives were happy to use the word "jass" since that might help a record sell more copies. <br /><br />The ODJB had started a "jass" craze, and some traditional or convential musicians (like Harold Veo) were associated (too loosely) with the word "jass" or "jas" or "jazz" in 1917.<br /><br />Veo played violin.<br /><br />Listen for a cornet, 3 violins, 2 cellos, trombone, piano, traps, and bass viol.<br /><br />Joseph C. Smith would soon provide this same type of dance music for Victor (and then Paul Whiteman arrived in 1920).<br /><br />Harold Veo's Orchestra "The Zoo Step" Victor 18372 (June 29, 1917) song by Clarence Wilson.
