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Rare 1928 film footage featuring two obscure East Coast minstrels named Eddie Thomas and Carl Scott.

Jazz comes in all forms and everything has to start somewhere. Although not performed by a brass band, basic novelty collaborations like this one still played an important role in the development of the genre. Musicians like Eddie Thomas and Carl Scott may not have been able to afford expensive instruments but they refused to allow poverty to stifle their music or their creativity.