KING OLIVERS CREOLE JAZZ 78 DIPPER MOUTH BLUES / WEATHER BIRD RAG GENNETT 5132
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Description
AN ORIGINAL 78 FROM KING OLIVER'S CREOLE JAZZ BAND FEATURING LOUIS ARMSTRONG et al RECORDED ON THE GENNETT LABEL DIPPER MOUTH BLUES b/w WEATHER BIRD RAG
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band was one of the best and most important bands in early Jazz. The Creole Jazz Band was made up of the cream of New Orleans Hot Jazz musicians, featuring Baby Dodds on drums, Honore Dutreyon trombone, Bill Johnson on bass, Louis Armstrong on second cornet, Johnny Dodds on clarinet, Lil Hardin-Armstrong on piano, and the band's leader, King Oliver on cornet.
In 1922 Armstrong received a telegram from his mentor Joe Oliver, asking him to join the band in Chicago. He nervously accepted and went north to Chicago to play second cornet with the band at the Lincoln Gardens at 459 East 31st Street. The addition of Armstrong to this already powerful and popular band took the town by storm. Soon musicians and fans were flocking to hear Louis' amazing cornet playing with the Oliver band.
met his second wife Lil Hardin who was the pianist in the Creole Jazz Band. Eventually it was she who urged Louis to leave the King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band was one of the best and most important bands in band so that he might live up to his true potential and not get stuck playing second to Oliver.
DISC DETAILS
US GENNETT 5132 10" 78rpm SHELLAC recorded June 1923
CONDITION - FAIR-GOOD lots of light scratches crazed over the surface but this doesn't sound too much at all when I played the record and it plays well with no skips or repeats. There is some groove distortion at the start of both sides (more on the Dipper Mouth side) but once into the body of the record the sound is sharp and clear.
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