King Oliver

Real Name:
Joseph Joe Oliver
Profile:
b. 11/05/1885 in New Orleans d. 10/04/1938 in Savannah, Georgia
King Oliver, (Joseph Joe Oliver), alias Joe "King" Oliver, 1885–1938, American jazz musician, b. Abend, La. Oliver began his professional career in 1904 with the Onward Brass Band. After playing with leading bands in New Orleans and establishing himself as a master cornetist, he moved to Chicago in 1918. From 1920 to 1923 he led the Creole Jazz Band, which became the greatest exponent of the New Orleans, or “Dixieland,” jazz idiom. Oliver's style was noted for its bursting, exuberant power and its great range. He strongly influenced Louis Armstrong.
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Releases:
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band The Gennet Sides of April and October 1923 (LP)   Rhapsody (President Records)  
Appears On:
Quaker City Jazz / Sugar Foot Stomp (Shellac, 10") Sugar Foot Stomp Bluebird (3) 1938
Snag It / Franklin Street Blues (Shellac, 10") Snag It La Voce Del Padrone 1951
European Concert Recordings By Ambassador Satch (LP) West End Blues Columbia 1956
Glenn Miller Concert (LP, Mono) Dipper Mouth Blues RCA Victor 1956
Direct From San Francisco! (LP) Doctor Jazz Good Time Jazz 1957
Jungle Jazz (7", EP) Alligator Hop, Wild Ma... Parlophone 1958
Louis Armstrong (LP) High Society Rag, Wher... AMIGA 1965
Reunion (LP, Album) Canal Street Blues Artone 1966
Pioniere Des Jazz (LP, Mono, Comp) In The Bottle Blues, I... AMIGA 1969
Tadpoles (LP, Album) Doctor Jazz Liberty 1969
Greatest Hits (Comp) (5 versions) West End Blues CBS ... 1971
History Of Jazz (LP) Sugar Foot Stomp Joker (2) 1971
Doctor Jazz / The Chocolate Dandies Of 1932 (7", Single) Doctor Jazz Kama Sutra 1972
Nuts (LP, Album) Dr. Jazz Warner Bros. Records 1972
The Best Of Louis Armstrong (2xLP) Dipper Mouth Blues MCA Records 1972
10 Anni Di Jazz In Italia 1949 - 1959 (LP, Comp) West End Blues Broadway International 1973
Jelly Roll Morton (1926-1939) (LP) West End Blues AMIGA 1975
Луи Армстронг (Comp) (2 versions) Блюз Западн... Мелодия 1975
Hot Jazz In Deutschland 1956 Bis 1958 (LP) Buddy's Habbits Telefunken 1976
Ytre Suløens Jass-Ensemble With Friends From New Orleans (Cass, Album) Chimes Blues Arne Bendiksen Records AS 1976
A Midsummer Night's Dream (LP, Gat) What Ya Want Me To Do,... Black Eagle Records 1977
Leningrad Dixieland (LP) Блюз Толсто... Мелодия 1978
Swing Tanzen Verboten (LP, Comp) Sugar Foot Stomp Telefunken, Hit Record (Korea) 1979
Giants Of Jazz (3xLP, Comp) Dipper Mouth Blues Time Life Records 1980
Six For Two (12", Ltd, Dir) Dr. Jazz Jeton Musikverlag 1980
Take Me Back To New Orleans (2xLP) Canal Street Blues Black Lion Records 1980
Satchmo's Hits (CD) Dippermouth Blues CéDé International 1986
That's Jazz Vol.2 (CD, Comp) Dipper Mouth Blues (Su... DGR 1988
Cornology (3xCD) Dr. Jazz EMI Records 1992
Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950) (4xCD, Comp) Empty Bed Blues Part 1... Columbia, Legacy 1992
The RCA Records Label: The 1st Note In Black Music (3xCD, Comp) Too Late, Sugar Foot S... RCA 1992
Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground (CD) Mabel's Dream Music And Arts Programs Of America, Inc. 1994
Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: 1923-1934 (4xCD, Comp + Box) Chimes Blues, Snake Ra... Columbia 1994
Dear Jo (CD, Album)   Slam Productions 1996
Blue Guitars Volumes 1 & 2 (2xCD, Comp) Jet Black Blues, Blue ... BGO Records 1997
Futur Jazz 2 (CD, Comp, Dig) West End Blues Columbia, Columbia, Sony Music Entertainment (France) 1997
Jazz Funeral In New Orleans (CD, Album, RE, RM) Doctor Jazz Tradition 1997
The Instrumental History Of Jazz (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh + Box) Dippermouth Blues, Dip... N2K Encoded Jazz 1997
The Rough Guide To Classic Jazz (CD, Album, Comp) Dr Jazz, Dippermouth B... World Music Network 1997
Live At The Blue Note (CD, Album) West End Blues Half Note Records, Inc. 1999
Dixie Ragtime (CD) Sugar Foot Stomp, Snak... Time Music International Limited 2000
Sidney Bechet Et Claude Luter (CD, RM, Dig) Snake Rag Universal Music (France) 2000
Bring It On To My Love (2 versions)   Wildstar Records 2001
Jazz King Of New Orleans (CD) Doctor Jazz, Mournful ... Bluebird (3) 2002
Experience Jazz Like Never Before (CD, Promo) Snake Rag Marnier-Lapostolle Inc. 2003
Piano Jazz ( The History/L'Histoire) (10xCD, Comp + Box) West End Blues Le Chant Du Monde 2003
Trumpet Evolution (CD, Album) Dipper Mouth Blues Crescent Moon Records, Columbia 2003
Intégrale Louis Armstrong Vol. 1 - Chimes Blues 1923-1924 (3xCD, Comp)   Frémeaux & Associés 2007
American Jazz & Blues History Vol. 68: Peter Petrel And The Dreamland Orchestra (LP) You're Just My Type, W... Tobacco Road  
Blues In History III (2xCD, Comp) Snag It, Snag It History  
Early Jazz Moments Vol. 1: The Complete 1923 OKehs In Chronological Order (LP)   Odeon  
Georgia Swing / Mournful Serenade (Shellac, 10") Mournful Serenade His Master's Voice  
Good News (LP) Sugarfood Stomp Metronome  
Jailhouse Jazzmen Play King Oliver (1961/62) (LP) Just Gone, Snag It, Al... Magic Music  
King Oliver And His Orchestra (LP) Snake Rag, Dippermouth... Epic  
Playing With The Strings (CD) Jet Black Blues (New Y... JPS  
Sugar Foot Stomp / Riffin' At The Ritz (7", RE) Sugar Foot Stomp RCA Victor  
Weary Way Blues (LP, Album)   BYG Records  
When The Saints Go Marching In (7", EP) Dipper Mouth Blues Philips  
Tracks Appear On:
Unverkäufliche Musterplatte (LP, Mono, W/Lbl, Promo) West End Blues Deutsche Grammophon 1964
The RCA Records Label: The 1st Note In Black Music (3xCD, Comp) Too Late RCA 1992
The Instrumental History Of Jazz (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh + Box) Dippermouth Blues N2K Encoded Jazz 1997
Les Triomphes Du Jazz (Box, Ltd + 20xCD, Comp, RM, Car) West End Blues Habana, JBM 2000
Dixieland Jazz - This Was The Jazz Age (10xCD) Snag It, Sugar Foot St... Membran Music Ltd. 2005
New Orleans - Original Recordings (CD, Comp) Deppermouth Blues, Hig... JBM, Habana 2005
The Ultimate Jazz Archive (Box, Comp, 168) 1923-1930 Membran Music Ltd. 2005
Battle Of The Blues - Rare Recordings From The 30's & 40's (CD, Comp) Aunt Hagar's Blues Arena Records  
Blues In History III (2xCD, Comp) Snag It History  
Zeitklänge - Blues (CD, Enh) Dippermouth Blues Sondock Media Network  
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