King Oliver

CTL-E-0503 · Person · 1919–1938

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

King Oliver moved to Chicago in 1919, founded his Creole Jazz Band, and in 1922 sent for his protégé Louis Armstrong to join him. Oliver's Creole Jazz Band made its first records for Gennett in Richmond, Indiana, on April 5, 1923 — among the first important recordings by Black jazz musicians.

The record

Also known as: Joe Oliver

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-person-014; source research type(s): person. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

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Old Time Blues (http://oldtimeblues.net/tag/king-oliver/)

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