King Oliver

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human

King Oliver was an influential early jazz cornetist and bandleader whose Creole Jazz Band helped launch Louis Armstrong’s career and shape the New Orleans jazz style.

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King Oliver canonical 24

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1930s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1900s ⓘ
basedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
birthName Joseph Nathan Oliver ⓘ
causeOfDeath arteriosclerosis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1881-12-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1938-04-10 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Oliver ⓘ
genre New Orleans jazz ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Joseph ⓘ
hasPart King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
influenced Louis Armstrong ⓘ
New Orleans jazz style ⓘ
instrument cornet ⓘ
memberOf King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
movement early jazz ⓘ
name King Oliver self-link ⓘ
nickname King ⓘ
notableAchievement helped popularize ensemble-based New Orleans jazz in Chicago ⓘ
mentored Louis Armstrong during Armstrong's early career ⓘ
notableBandMember Baby Dodds ⓘ
Bill Johnson ⓘ
Honore Dutrey ⓘ
Johnny Dodds ⓘ
Lil Hardin Armstrong ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
notableEvent led pioneering jazz recordings in the early 1920s ⓘ
notableStudent Louis Armstrong ⓘ
notableWork Canal Street Blues ⓘ
Chimes Blues ⓘ
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band ⓘ
surface form: Creole Jazz Band

Dipper Mouth Blues ⓘ
Snake Rag ⓘ
West End Blues ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
cornetist ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
placeOfDeath Savannah ⓘ
surface form: Savannah, Georgia, United States
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Gennett Records ⓘ
Okeh Records ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Louis Armstrong → associatedAct → King Oliver ⓘ
Okeh Records → hasNotableArtist → King Oliver ⓘ
King Oliver → name → King Oliver self-link ⓘ
New Orleans jazz → hasNotableMusician → King Oliver ⓘ
Chicago jazz → notableMusicianAssociated → King Oliver ⓘ
Kid Ory → collaboratedWith → King Oliver ⓘ
Dipper Mouth Blues → composer → King Oliver ⓘ
Dipper Mouth Blues → primaryComposerCredit → King Oliver ⓘ
Dipper Mouth Blues → associatedPerformer → King Oliver ⓘ
Canal Street Blues → composer → King Oliver ⓘ
Canal Street Blues → associatedAct → King Oliver ⓘ
Snake Rag → composer → King Oliver ⓘ
Snake Rag → performer → King Oliver ⓘ
Gennett Records → notableRecordingArtist → King Oliver ⓘ
Chimes Blues → composer → King Oliver ⓘ
Chimes Blues → writer → King Oliver ⓘ
Chimes Blues → recordedBy → King Oliver ⓘ
Chimes Blues → associatedWith → King Oliver ⓘ
Joe "King" Oliver → alsoKnownAs → King Oliver ⓘ
Joseph Nathan Oliver → alsoKnownAs → King Oliver ⓘ
Baby Dodds → collaboratedWith → King Oliver ⓘ
Clarence Williams → associatedWith → King Oliver ⓘ
Honore Dutrey → associatedWith → King Oliver ⓘ
Honore Dutrey → workedWith → King Oliver ⓘ