King Oliver

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

King Oliver · Joe 'King' Oliver was the most important cornetist of New Orleans in the 1910s. He was known for his playing with mutes, with which he could make the trumpet 'talk'. In 1918 he left for Chicago and from 1922 he led the Creole Jazz Band there at the Lincoln Gardens. He brought in the young Louis Armstrong as second cornetist; the two played breaks together that seemed to be invented on the spot. In 1923 the band recorded a series of records at Gennett and OKeh that are regarded as the most important documents of the New Orleans style. Oliver later suffered from gum trouble, lost his band and his money and died in poverty in Savannah, Georgia, in 1938.

Listening

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  Snake Rag · King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, 1923
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  Canal Street Blues · King Oliver, 1923
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  Chimes Blues · King Oliver, 1923
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  Dipper Mouth Blues · King Oliver, 1923

Discography

Studio albums

• 1998Great Original Performances 1923-1930
• 2020The Legend of King Oliver (Remastered)

Other work

• 1923Dipper Mouth Blues
• 1923Snake Rag
• 1923Canal Street Blues
• 1923Chimes Blues

In School of Rock

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• After Hours: Session 1^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Chicago jazz GenreKing Oliver played with his Creole Jazz Band at the Lincoln Gardens and in 1923 recorded for the label Gennett the first series of important records by Black New Orleans musicians, with the young Louis Armstrong on second cornet.

See also

• New Orleans jazz
• Chicago jazz