The Southern Syncopated Orchestra

Though this model has been formally rejected by serious scholars for decades, much current writing about jazz still accepts its implications and the concomitant notion of artistic progress in which each stage is of greater artistic value than its predecessor, which must henceforth be dismissed as a technically inferior and an old-fashioned embarrassment. The instrumentation is known, but only three names are to be found ("Aux Theatre des Champs-Elysées" 1922; Montboron 1922) .52 Three unknowns, trumpet; unknown, trombone; four unknowns, clarinet; unknown, saxophone; two unknowns, viola; four unknowns, violin; Manie Gilmore, unknown, piano; four unknowns, banjo; unknown, string bass; Buddie Gilmore, drums; unknown, percussion; H. M. Wellmon, director.