Jazz and Dixie Quartet consisting of saxophone, trumpet, tuba and banjo. A touch of New Orleans is in the air when this band presents itself with handmade Dixieland like here with “Weekend and Sunshine”, Jazz and SwingJazz is a form of music that originated in the southern states of the USA around 1900. A music that is played today by jazz musicians of any stripe, it was played mainly by African Americans in the days of its inception.Many forms of jazz have evolved that enjoy great popularity today. There is Dixieland, which is often played in the New Orleans style by marching bands or in jazz bars.The actual origins of jazz can be traced back to the New Orleans style of playing, which included strong blues elements as well as ragtime. One of the main features was improvisation.From about 1910, the Dixieland style took over the stages. A jazz form that was and is played mainly by white musicians. One of the special characteristics, are the alternating solos.The main instruments of the early jazz, which one finds also today with Jazzbands still frequently are: The trombone, tuba or double bass, the banjo* as well as the hardly dispensable piano and of course the drums. * The banjo used was the 4 stringed one. The fifth side of the banjo, was added only around 1910. This stringing is used today mainly in country and bluegrass music.Some of the most famous jazz musicians are:Louis ArmstrongMiles DavisElla FitzgeraldDuke EllingtonCharlie ParkerIn the early 1920s, jazz musicians and bands came to Berlin to play music similar to jazz. Jazz was a new kind of music for Berliners and to that extent had a kind of exoticism. And this, in the truest sense of the word, brought the erotic Josephine Baker with their famous “Banana Dresses” on the Berlin stages.Authentic jazz bands from the U.S. now guested more often in Germany, which helped the jazz all the more to notoriety as well as popularity. In Berlin, where now more jazz musicians of all styles performed, it came to a real jazz fever.Booking jazz musicians in BerlinIn particular in Belin, you can book jazz musicians or even hire entire jazz bands, in any styleTopic of this page: Jazz Musicians Berlin. Book a professional jazz band in Berlin for events, weddings, and corporate parties – stylish live music for unforgettable moments.