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.

Statements (49)

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 →
influenced	Louis Armstrong → New Orleans jazz style →
instrument	cornet →
memberOf	King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band →
movement	early jazz →
name	King Oliver →
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 → Creole Jazz Band → Dipper Mouth Blues → Snake Rag → West End Blues →
occupation	bandleader → composer → cornetist →
placeOfBirth	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States →
placeOfDeath	Savannah, Georgia, United States →
recordLabel	Columbia Records → Gennett Records → Okeh Records →
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States → New Orleans, Louisiana, United States →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Louis Armstrong →	associatedAct
Okeh Records →	hasNotableArtist
King Oliver →	name