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Joseph Nathan "King" Oliver (December 19, 1881 – April 8/10, 1938) was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader. He was particularly recognized for his playing style and his pioneering use of mutes in jazz.
May 9, 2024 · King Oliver (born May 11, 1885, Abend, La., U.S.—died April 8, 1938, Savannah, Ga.) was an American cornetist who was a vital link between the semi-mythical prehistory of jazz and the firmly documented history of jazz proper.
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Dec 16, 2007 · His most significant ensemble, King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, was a live sensation and also the first black New Orleans ensemble to gain recognition in the record industry. Born in Louisiana in 1885, Joseph Oliver began his musical studies on trombone, but switched to cornet as a teenager, touring with a brass band at the turn of the century.
Jun 6, 2013 · King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dipper Mouth Blues Grabado en Richmond, Indiana el 6 de Abril de 1923 "Oliver, Joe "King" (Cornet, Leader) Armstrong, Louis (Cornet) Dutrey, Honore...
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King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band was one of the best and most important bands in early Jazz. The Creole Jazz Band was made up of the cream of New Orleans Hot Jazz musicians, featuring Baby Dodds on drums, Honore Dutrey on trombone, Bill Johnson on bass, Louis Armstrong on second cornet, Johnny Dodds on clarinet, Lil Hardin-Armstrong on piano ...
TitleRecording DateCompanyAlligator Hop (King Oliver / Alphonse ...10-3-1923Gennett 5274-BCanal Street Blues (King Oliver / Louis ...4-5-1923Gennett 5133-BChimes Blues (King Oliver)4-5-1923Gennett 5135-BDipper Mouth Blues (King Oliver / Louis ...4-6-1923Gennett 5132-AApr 5, 2023 · We knew the Oliver centennial was coming up and wanted to celebrate it together on WKCR–but once we got going, we couldn’t stop and ate up two three-hour blocks of time for a total of six hours – devoted to the Creole Jazz Band! We played every single side from 1923 plus some bonus material related to the sessions and Armstrong and Oliver ...
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Jun 1, 2018 · One of the most important of the New Orleans jazz pioneers, cornetist Joe “King” Oliver is perhaps best remembered today for leading the best jazz band of 1923 and for his connection with Louis Armstrong . However, there was much more to the King Oliver story than that.
