King Oliver
Joe “King” Oliver’s band, 1924. Gift of the New Orleans Jazz Club
Joseph "King" Oliver's band; left to right: Minor "Ram" Hall (drums), Bob Shoffner (trumpet), Buster Bailey (clarinet), King Oliver (cornet), Zue Robertson (trombone), Louis Armstrong (trumpet), Pete Biggs (tuba), and Lil Armstrong (piano).
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King Oliver Band, 1921. Gift of the New Orleans Jazz Club
The King Oliver Band in San Francisco, left to right: Ram Hall (drums), Honoré Dutrey (trombone), King Oliver (cornet), Lil Hardin, David Jones (saxophone), Johnny Dodds (clarinet), James A. Palao (violin), and Ed Garland (bass).
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Louis Armstrong and Joe “King” Oliver, ca. 1918. Gift of the New Orleans Jazz Club
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Joe “King” Oliver, ca. 1925. Gift of the New Orleans Jazz Club
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King Oliver Creole Jazz Band, 1925. Gift of the New Orleans Jazz Club
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, left to right: Johnny Dodds, Warren “Baby” Dodds, Honoré Dutrey, Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Lil Hardin, and Bill Johnson. This band played at the Lincoln Gardens in Chicago and recorded in 1923.
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“Sweet Lovin’ Man” Reproduction, Okeh 4906, 1923. Gift of the New Orleans Jazz Club
This is one of the original 78s from the 1923 Creole Jazz Band recordings.
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Joe “King” Oliver’s band, ca. 1923. Gift of the New Orleans Jazz Club
Joseph "King" Oliver's band in "action" pose in Chicago, left to right: Honoré Dutrey, Baby Dodds, King Oliver (standing); Louis Armstrong (kneeling), Lil Hardin, Bill Johnson, and Johnny Dodds. This band played at the Lincoln Gardens in Chicago and recorded in1923.
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