Portal:Jazz/Did you know/1

2004
 * ... that The Mississippi Rag has been reporting on traditional jazz and ragtime music since 1973?
 * ... that Wingy Manone ' s "Tar Paper Stomp" was used as the basis for Glenn Miller's "In the Mood"? (Manone pictured, right)
 * ... that the real name of drummer Mel Lewis (pictured, left) was Melvin Sokoloff?