Joseph Nathan Oliver

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Joseph Nathan Oliver, better known as King Oliver, was an influential early jazz cornetist and bandleader who mentored Louis Armstrong and helped shape the New Orleans jazz style.

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Joseph Nathan Oliver canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
cornetist ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1930 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1900 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Joe Oliver ⓘ
King Oliver ⓘ
birthDate 1881-12-19 ⓘ
birthPlace New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, United States ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
collaboratedWith Baby Dodds ⓘ
Johnny Dodds ⓘ
Lil Hardin Armstrong ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
deathDate 1938-04-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Savannah, Georgia, United States ⓘ
familyName Oliver ⓘ
genre New Orleans jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Joseph ⓘ
influenced Louis Armstrong ⓘ
early Chicago jazz ⓘ
instrument cornet ⓘ
memberOf King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators ⓘ
mentorOf Louis Armstrong ⓘ
name Joseph Nathan Oliver ⓘ
notableFor helping define the New Orleans ensemble jazz style ⓘ
pioneering use of mutes and sound effects on cornet ⓘ
notableWork Canal Street Blues ⓘ
Dipper Mouth Blues ⓘ
King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band recordings (1923) ⓘ
Snake Rag ⓘ
West End Blues ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
cornetist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
performedIn Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
New York City, New York ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Gennett Records ⓘ
Okeh Records ⓘ
style collective improvisation ⓘ

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King Oliver → birthName → Joseph Nathan Oliver ⓘ
Joe "King" Oliver → fullName → Joseph Nathan Oliver ⓘ
Joseph Nathan Oliver → name → Joseph Nathan Oliver ⓘ