The differences between these two kinds of Jazz mentioned in the test seems to have more to do with “the five-year gap between them,” a lot can happen in five years especially with the introduction of record players and the radio (Starr & Waterman, 88). The suggestion that “the ODJB’s recordings are rooted in the past,” being more similar to ragtime than The Creole Jazz Bands style of Jazz, which “points toward the future of jazz” makes a valid point (Starr & Waterman, 88). ODJBs were playing during the ragtime craze, so their music exemplifies some of that, but begins to carry some of the predominate features of jazz. Even “Dipper Mouth Blues” still has some of the ragtime influence in it and there is again a difference between this song and
