they would run right smack dab into King Oliver. Joseph Oliver was rumored to have been born on a plantation in Abend, Louisiana in 1885. His first instrument was the trombone, which by 1904 he was ...

Joseph “King” Oliver. Between April and December of the following year, they would record 37 tracks together—among them such classics as “Dipper Mouth Blues” and “Weather Bird Rag ...

In the last hour we listened to the first jazz recordings by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in 1917 and the antecedents of the music. In this hour we will follow the diaspora of New Orleans ...

Joseph Nathan “King” Oliver’s legacy as a pioneering jazz trumpet and cornet player is being recognized with a new jazz bar in Savannah. A mentor to Louis Armstrong and famous for his use of ...

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