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  1. Dixie - Wikipedia

    Dixie, also known as Dixieland or Dixie's Land, is a nickname for all or part of the Southern United States.

  2. Dixieland | Definition, History, Artists, Songs, & Facts | Britannica

    Dixieland, in music, a style of jazz, often ascribed to jazz pioneers in New Orleans, but also descriptive of styles honed by slightly later Chicago-area musicians.

  3. Dixieland - New World Encyclopedia

    Dixieland music is an early style of jazz which developed in New Orleans at the start of the twentieth century, and spread to Chicago and New York City in the 1910s.

  4. Why Is the South Known as “Dixie”? - HISTORY

    Jun 8, 2017 · Emmett’s ditty is now generally credited with popularizing “Dixie” as a nickname for the southern states, but he never claimed to have coined the word itself. In fact, there are at least three...

  5. Dixie (also known as Dixieland) | Research Starters - EBSCO

    Dixie, or Dixieland, is a nickname associated with the American South —in particular, the states that left the Union to join the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

  6. What is Dixieland Music? - California Learning Resource Network

    Feb 24, 2025 · Dixieland music, a seminal form of early jazz also known as New Orleans jazz or Hot Jazz, represents a crucial node in the phylogenetic tree of American music.

  7. Dixie - Wikiwand

    Dixie, also known as Dixieland or Dixie's Land, is a nickname for all or part of the Southern United States.

  8. Dixieland Jazz | New Orleans

    A subgenre of American jazz, Dixieland Jazz was developed in the early 20th century. It draws on four major influences including ragtime, blues, gospel and military brass bands.

  9. Dixieland - Acoustic Music

    The Dixieland sound is created when one instrument (usually the cornet) plays the melody or a recognizable paraphrase or variation on it, and the other instruments of the “front line” improvise …

  10. Dixieland and the Swing Era - Jazz in America

    All styles of jazz from Dixieland to contemporary are still being performed and recorded today. All style dates given are approximations of when each respective style came to the forefront of jazz and …