Joe "King" Oliver

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bandleader cornetist jazz musician person

Joe "King" Oliver was an influential early jazz cornetist and bandleader, best known for mentoring Louis Armstrong and pioneering the New Orleans jazz style.

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Label Occurrences
Joe "King" Oliver canonical 5
Joe "King" Oliver – cornet 1
Joseph "King" Oliver 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
cornetist ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1930s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1900s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ
King Oliver ⓘ
associatedWith Chicago jazz scene ⓘ
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
birthDate 1881-12-19 ⓘ
birthPlace Aben, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
near Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York, United States
causeOfDeath arteriosclerosis ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
collaboratedWith Baby Dodds ⓘ
Johnny Dodds ⓘ
Lil Hardin Armstrong ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
deathDate 1938-04-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Savannah ⓘ
surface form: Savannah, Georgia, United States
ethnicity African American ⓘ
fullName Joseph Nathan Oliver ⓘ
genre New Orleans jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
influenced Louis Armstrong ⓘ
early jazz musicians ⓘ
influencedGenre swing ⓘ
traditional jazz ⓘ
instrument cornet ⓘ
knownFor mentoring Louis Armstrong ⓘ
pioneering New Orleans jazz style ⓘ
use of mutes and wa-wa effects on cornet ⓘ
led King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators ⓘ
movedTo Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
notableStudent Louis Armstrong ⓘ
notableWork Canal Street Blues ⓘ
surface form: "Canal Street Blues"

Dipper Mouth Blues ⓘ
surface form: "Dipper Mouth Blues"

"Snake Rag" ⓘ
West End Blues ⓘ
surface form: "West End Blues"
occupation bandleader ⓘ
musician ⓘ
recordedFor Columbia Records ⓘ
Gennett Records ⓘ
Okeh Records ⓘ
style collective improvisation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West End Blues → composer → Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band → leader → Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band → hasMember → Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band → hasMemberRole → Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joe "King" Oliver – cornet
Canal Street Blues → composer → Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ
Snake Rag → composer → Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph "King" Oliver
Joe "King" Oliver → alsoKnownAs → Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ