In 1922, New Orleans native and cornet player Joseph Oliver was the jazz king in Chicago, performing as King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band.
Later that same year, Louis Armstrong received a telegram from his mentor Joe, asking him to leave New Orleans for Chicago to join the band. 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.
In 1923, inspired by the runaway success of so-called "race records" of that time, the Gennett Record label from near-by Richmond, Indiana contracted King Oliver’s Band for a series of recordings, which they made on April 5th and 6th of that year. Oliver’s historic Gennett releases were the first ever by an established black New Orleans jazz band. The recordings made by this group in 1923 demonstrated the serious artistry of the New Orleans style of collective improvisation or Dixieland music to a wider audience.
- Alligator Hop | 1923
- Canal Street Blues | 1923
- Chimes Blues | 1923
- Dipper Mouth Blues | 1923
- Froggie Moore | 1923
- I'm Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind | 1923
- Just Gone | 1923
- Krooked Blues | 1923
- Mandy Lee Blues | 1923
- Snake Rag | 1923
- Weather Bird Rag | 1923
- Workingman Blues | 1923
- Zulu's Ball | 1923
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