The Sheik of Araby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n81jM6lz8-4
Nov 17, 1921. Matrix 8261 and 8263, issued on Vocalion 14275.
Few of the usual suspects.
Loyd Baker and another, t; Jim Gilliand, tb; Jimmy Duff, cl, as; unknown, as; unknown, ts; Preston Sargeant, p; Ray Kitchingman, bj; Jose Torres, bb; Max McIntosh, d. The unidentified t, as, and ts were played by William Borchers, Fred Conrad, and Francis Longon, but it is not known who played what. From Rust's Jazz Discography.
Perhaps the first banjo solo on record?
The flipside. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1FPa7Yvi7Q
I love that early, jazzy, dance band sound.
Albert