King Oliver

cornet · 1881–1938 · Aben, near Donaldsonville (Louisiana)

A New Orleans cornetist and mentor of Louis Armstrong, whom he brought to Chicago in 1922, he recorded in 1923 with his Creole Jazz Band for Gennett, Okeh, Paramount and Columbia. A pioneer of mutes, he popularized the "wah-wah" effect and composed "Dippermouth Blues".

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Styles

• New Orleans jazz
• Chicago

Landmark tracks

• Dippermouth Blues (1923)
• Canal Street Blues (1923)

Sources

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