1. La période archaïque.

Kid Ory et son Creole Jazz Band. 

Variés: Ragtime (1900-1930) (Jazz Tribune No. 42) (RCA (Fr.), 1900-1930).

Eubie Blake: Vol. 1: Blues & Rags (Biograph, 1917-1921).
Eubie Blake: 1921-Vol. 2 (Biograph, 1921).
Eubie Blake: The Eighty-Six Years of Eubie Blake (Columbia/CBS, 1968-1969).

Jim Europe, Arthur Pryor: Ragtime, Cakewalk & Stomps Vol. 3: The Bands of Jim Europe & Arthur Pryor 1907-1919: Too Much Mustard (Saydisc (Angl.), 1907-1919).

Original Dixieland Jazz Band: Original Dixieland Jazz Band (Vol. 1 / Vol. 2) (RCA (Fr.), 1917-1936).

Variés: Classic Jazz Masters: New York Jazz Scene 1917-1920 (Riverside, 1917-1920).
Variés: Classic Jazz Masters: New Orleans Boys 1918-1927 (Riverside, 1918-1927).

Variés: Jazz Odyssey Volume 1: The Sound of New Orleans (1917-1947) (Columbia/CBS, 1917-1947).

James P. Johnson: Father of the Stride Piano (Columbia/CBS, 1921-1939).

Variés: Jazz Piano Rolls Vol. 23 (Monkey (Fr.)).

Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Ladd's Black Aces: Archive of Jazz Volume 37: Early Dixieland Bands (BYG (Fr.), 1917-1923).

Variés: West Coast Jazz - Vol. 1 (Arcadia, 1922-1931).

New Orleans Rhythm Kings: New Orleans Rhythm Kings (with Jelly Roll Morton) (Milestone, 1922-1923).

The Georgians: The Georgians / Vol. 2 / Vol. 3 (VJM (Angl.), 1922-1923 / 1923 / 1924).

A.J. Piron / Piron's New Orleans Orchestra: The Complete Recordings 1923-1925 (Rarities (Dan.) / Retrieval (Angl.), 1923-1925).

Freddie Keppard: The Legendary New Orleans Cornet (The Smithsonian Collection/Columbia Special Products).

The Georgia Melodians: Volume One 1924 / Volume Two 1924-1926 (Retrieval (Angl.), 1924-1926).

Bessie Smith: The Empress (Columbia/CBS, 1924-1928).