Portal:Jazz/Did you know/36

August - December 2011
 * ... that Kid Ory's composition "Ory's Creole Trombone" was the first jazz record made by a black orchestra?
 * ... that Mircea Florian, seen as one of the four leading protest singers in Communist Romania in his folk rock years, pioneered minimal music in his career as a computer scientist?
 * ... that Dira Sugandi (pictured) was awarded the Indonesian Young Jazz Talent Award for her duet with Jason Mraz?
 * ... that Papa Celestin's Golden Wedding featured Papa Celestin's final recording session before his death?