This article is rated Stub-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Biography: Musicians This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians. United States: Louisiana / New Orleans Low‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. This article is supported by WikiProject Louisiana (assessed as Low-importance). This article is supported by WikiProject Louisiana - New Orleans (assessed as Low-importance). Jazz This article is within the scope of WikiProject Jazz, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of jazz on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.JazzWikipedia:WikiProject JazzTemplate:WikiProject JazzJazz ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool as Stub-class because it uses a stub template. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the |auto= parameter.

I removed the below recently added text here from the article, because I think that this is refering to Larry Shields, not his brother Harry, the subject of this article. -- Infrogmation 16:57, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Harry Shields was in The Original Dixieland Jazz Band with Nick La Rocca, Edwards, Ragas, and Garbaro. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band advertised itself as the originators of jazz. On Febuary 26, 1917, their songs, Livery Stable Blues and Dixie Jazz Band One Step, became the first jazz record ever released for the Victor Talking Machine Company. This band recorded for Columbia in January 1917 but was not relased.

Harry Shields played in Papa Jack's Laine Reliance Brass Band, Stien's Dixie Brass Band.

While in London, England, the band recorded twenty songs, including the hit Soudon. They returned to the United States in July 1920.

see also The Original Dixieland Jass Band

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 16:38, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]