Music of the

1920s
By Ashley and Kory

King Oliver and his Creole jazz band.

Joseph Nathan Oliver better known as Joe King Oliver was born on December 19, 1881 to April 10,
1938.
He wrote many tunes still played today including Dippermouth Blues if it had not been for Joe Oliver
jazz would not be what it is today
( December 19, 1881 Aben Louisiana April 10,1938 age 56
Occupations Bandleader
Instruments Cornet
Associated acts Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Lawrence Duhe.
As a player, Oliver took interest in altering his born sounds. He pioneered the of mutes including the
rubber plumbers plunger , derby hat, bottles and cups. His favorite mute was a small metal mute made
by the C.G. Conn Instrument Company.
(Dippermouth Blues an early nickname for fellow cornetist Louis Armstrong)
Oliver performed mostly on cornet, but like many cornetists he switched to trumpet in the late -1920s.
As mentor to Armstrong in New Orleans, Oliver taught young Louis and gave him his job in Kid Orys
band when he went to Chicago.
Oliver was inducted as a charter member of the Gennett Records Walk of Fame in Richmond, Indiana in
2007.

Louis Armstrong

He was born in New Orleans Louisiana on August 4,1901and died July 6,1971
He had a couple of nicknames which were Satchmo or Pops.
Also, Louis was a jazz trumpeter and singer. In fact, in the 1920s he was an inventive cornet player and trumpet.
His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American Society the were
highly restricted for a black man.
(instruments trumpet, cornet, and vocals
Years active 1914-1971
Associated acts Joe King Oliver, Ella Fitzgerald , Kid Ory.)
In 1922 Armstrong joined the exodus where he had been invited by his mentor Joe King Oliver to join his Creole jazz
band.
Cornet player Bunk Johnson said he taught Armstrong to ply by ear at Dago Tonys Tonk in New Orleans.
Armstrong developed his cornet playing seriously in the band of the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs.
Professor Peter Davis instilled discipline provided musical training to the otherwise self taught Armstrong.
The thirteen year old Louis began to draw attention by his cornet playing career.
Armstrong died of a heart attack in his sleep on July 6, 1971 at the age of 69.
His honorary pallbearers included Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Pearl Baily , Frank Sinatra , Ed Sullivan.
Al Hibbler sang Nobody Knows the Trouble Ive Seen.