"Tiger Rag" | |
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![]() Sheet music for "Tiger Rag" as recorded by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1918) | |
Instrumental by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band | |
Released | 1917 |
Recorded | August 17 1917 |
Genre | Dixieland |
Label | Aeolian-Vocalion |
Composer(s) | Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields |
Lyricist(s) | Harry DeCosta |
Recording | |
Performed by the Dixie Players of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band |
"Tiger Rag" is a jazz standard that was recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions. In 2003, the 1918 recording of "Tiger Rag" was entered into the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry.[1][2]