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The Louisiana Five was an early Dixieland Jazz band, among the earliest jazz groups to record extensively in the late 1910s. HISTORY Louisiana Five was founded in 1917 in New Orleans by Anton Lada who played the drums and latter went on to become the band's manager. The Lousisiana Five which is known to posterity was formed in New York City . Lada recruited the other four members, pianist Joe Cawley, trombonist Charlie Panelli, and banjoist Karl Berger. Clarinetist Alcide "Yellow" Nuñez was in New York with Bert Kelly 's band in 1918 before joining the Louisiana Five. In 1918, the band did tests Columbia Records . Later that year the band published its first recording with Emerson Records. Over the next two years, the band continued to produce records for various companies including Emerson Records, Columbia Records, and Edison Records . They went on to produce such hits as "Clarinet Squawk" and "Slow and Easy." On one recording session they were joined by multi-instrumentalist Bernard "Doc" Beherendson on cornet. The band was popular in the New York City area in 1919, and also made tours of Texas and Oklahoma. After Nunez left the band, the group made one more pair of recordings in 1920 with a violin replacing the clarinet. DISCOGRAPHY
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