King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band

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American musical group New Orleans jazz band jazz ensemble

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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Label Occurrences
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band canonical 11
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band 9
Creole Jazz Band 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
New Orleans jazz band ⓘ
jazz ensemble ⓘ
activeStart early 1920s ⓘ
associatedWith Great Migration-era African American culture ⓘ
New Orleans jazz ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans jazz tradition
basedIn City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre Dixieland ⓘ
New Orleans jazz ⓘ
hasMember Baby Dodds ⓘ
Bill Johnson ⓘ
Honore Dutrey ⓘ
Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ
Johnny Dodds ⓘ
Lil Hardin Armstrong ⓘ
surface form: Lil Hardin

Louis Armstrong ⓘ
hasMemberRole Baby Dodds ⓘ
surface form: Baby Dodds – drums

Bill Johnson – bass and banjo ⓘ
Honore Dutrey – trombone ⓘ
Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ
surface form: Joe "King" Oliver – cornet

Johnny Dodds – clarinet ⓘ
Lil Hardin – piano ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
surface form: Louis Armstrong – second cornet
historicalSignificance considered one of the first important African American jazz recording bands ⓘ
influenced Chicago jazz scene ⓘ
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Lil Hardin Armstrong → playedWith → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
King Oliver → notableWork → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creole Jazz Band
King Oliver → memberOf → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
King Oliver → hasPart → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
New Orleans jazz → hasNotableBand → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
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 ⓘ
Canal Street Blues → recordedBy → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
Canal Street Blues → firstPopularizedBy → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
Snake Rag → firstRecordingArtist → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
Snake Rag → performer → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
Chimes Blues → performer → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
Chimes Blues → recordingArtist → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
Chimes Blues → partOf → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band recordings
Lillian Hardin → memberOf → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
Joe "King" Oliver → led → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
Joseph Nathan Oliver → notableWork → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band recordings (1923)
Joseph Nathan Oliver → memberOf → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
Baby Dodds → memberOf → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
Johnny Dodds → associatedBand → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
Honore Dutrey → memberOf → King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ