Dipper Mouth Blues

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"Dipper Mouth Blues" is a pioneering early jazz composition and recording, famous for its influential cornet solos and central role in the development of New Orleans and Chicago-style jazz.

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Dipper Mouth Blues canonical 3
"Dipper Mouth Blues" 1
Gully Low Blues 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz composition
jazz standard
song
alsoKnownAs Sugar Foot Stomp
associatedPerformer Baby Dodds
Johnny Dodds
King Oliver
Lil Hardin Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
composer King Oliver
Louis Armstrong
firstLabel Gennett Records
firstRecordingArtist King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
firstRecordingDate 1923
firstRecordingLocation Richmond, Indiana
form 12-bar blues
genre Chicago-style jazz
New Orleans jazz
early jazz
hasHistoricalSignificance document of New Orleans ensemble style in the early 1920s
one of the earliest influential jazz recordings
hasInstrumentation banjo
bass or tuba
clarinet
cornet
drums
piano
trombone
hasTitleOrigin nickname of Louis Armstrong, “Dipper Mouth” or “Dippermouth”
influenced early jazz cornet and trumpet solo style
later big band arrangements of Sugar Foot Stomp
isFrequentlyAnthologizedIn early jazz compilation albums
isStandardRepertoireFor traditional jazz bands
keyRoleIn development of Chicago-style jazz
development of New Orleans jazz style
language English
lyricist unknown
notableFeature collective improvisation
early use of plunger mute effects
influential cornet solo
period 1920s jazz
primaryComposerCredit King Oliver
structure ensemble choruses followed by featured cornet solo
tempo medium tempo

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King Oliver notableWork Dipper Mouth Blues
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band notableWork Dipper Mouth Blues
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven notableRecording Dipper Mouth Blues
this entity surface form: Gully Low Blues
Joe "King" Oliver notableWork Dipper Mouth Blues
this entity surface form: "Dipper Mouth Blues"
Joseph Nathan Oliver notableWork Dipper Mouth Blues