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Joe 'King' Oliver |
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Name: Joe 'King' Oliver
| Nee: |
Joe Oliver |
| Born: |
11 May 1885 |
| Died: |
8 Apr 1938 |
| Origin: |
Abend, Louisiana, United States |
| Instruments: |
Cornet |
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| Joe 'King' Oliver was a bandleader and jazz musician. He was born in Abend, Louisiana near Donaldsonville but moved to New Orleans in his youth. Oliver played cornet in the New Orleans brass bands and dance bands and also in the city's red-light district, Storyville. The band he co-led with trombonist Kid Ory was considered New Orleans' hottest and best in the 1910's. Oliver achieved great popularity in New Orleans across economic and racial lines, and was in demand for playing jobs from rough working class black dance halls to white society debutante parties.
According to an interview at the Tulane Jazz Archive with Oliver's widow Stella Oliver, in 1919 a fight broke out at a dance where Oliver was playing, and the police arrested Oliver and the band along with the fighters. This made Oliver decide to leave the Jim Crow South. |
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