King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

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King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band was a pioneering early 1920s New Orleans-style jazz ensemble led by cornetist Joe "King" Oliver that helped launch the career of Louis Armstrong and popularize ensemble jazz in Chicago.

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instanceOf American musical group
New Orleans jazz band
jazz ensemble
activeStart early 1920s
associatedWith Great Migration-era African American culture
New Orleans jazz tradition
linked to: New Orleans jazz
basedIn Chicago
linked to: City of Chicago
countryOfOrigin United States
genre Dixieland
New Orleans jazz
hasMember Baby Dodds
Bill Johnson
Honore Dutrey
Joe "King" Oliver
Johnny Dodds
Lil Hardin
Louis Armstrong
hasMemberRole Baby Dodds – drums
linked to: Baby Dodds

Bill Johnson – bass and banjo
Honore Dutrey – trombone
Joe "King" Oliver – cornet
linked to: Joe "King" Oliver

Johnny Dodds – clarinet
Lil Hardin – piano
Louis Armstrong – second cornet
linked to: Louis Armstrong
historicalSignificance considered one of the first important African American jazz recording bands
influenced Chicago jazz scene
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
instrumentation banjo
bass
clarinet
cornet
drums
piano
trombone
leader Joe "King" Oliver
notableFor helping launch the career of Louis Armstrong
pioneering New Orleans-style jazz recordings
popularizing ensemble jazz in Chicago
notableWork Canal Street Blues
Chimes Blues
Dipper Mouth Blues
Just Gone
Snake Rag
Weather Bird Rag
performanceVenue Lincoln Gardens, Chicago
recordLabel Gennett Records
Okeh Records
style collective improvisation

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Lil Hardin Armstrong memberOf King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
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King Oliver notableWork Creole Jazz Band
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King Oliver memberOf King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
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King Oliver hasPart King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
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New Orleans jazz hasNotableBand King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
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Chicago jazz notableBandAssociated King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
Dipper Mouth Blues firstRecordingArtist King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
Canal Street Blues performer King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
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Canal Street Blues firstPopularizedBy King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
Snake Rag firstRecordingArtist King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
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Snake Rag performer King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
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Chimes Blues performer King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
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Joe "King" Oliver led King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
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Joseph Nathan Oliver notableWork King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band recordings (1923)
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Baby Dodds memberOf King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
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Johnny Dodds associatedBand King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
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Honore Dutrey memberOf King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band