Sentence examples for King Oliver from inspiring English sources

King Oliver was elegant, damn it".

King Oliver, byname of Joseph Oliver (born May 11 , 1885 Abend, La., U.S. died April 8 , 1938 Savannah, Ga ., American cornetist who was a vital link between the semimythical prehistory of jazz and the firmly documented history of jazz proper.

King Oliver, who moved from New Orleans to Chicago in 1918, made what are considered to be the first authentic New Orleans-style jazz recordings with his Creole Jazz Band in 1923.

Among its members at various times were several musicians who later were highly influential in jazz development, including Sidney Bechet, Mutt Carey, Jimmy Noone, King Oliver, and Louis Armstrong.

Ahmet played "King Porter Stomp," by King Oliver.

"That's Louis Armstrong and King Oliver playing together.

For members of the Fairview, his stories connected even the youngest musicians to the city's great musical heroes, like the cornet players Manuel Perez, Chris Kelly, Joe (King) Oliver, Armstrong, and Buddy Petit.

Under the tutelage of Joe "King" Oliver, Armstrong went from child prodigy to travelling horn player to illustrious soloist.

As early as the 1920's white musicians frequented black clubs in Chicago where King Oliver and Louis Armstrong played.

"When they cleaned up New Orleans and the Storyville district, many musicians – like King Oliver and Louis Armstrong - moved to Chicago.

He laughs shyly at his own strictness, yet he loves the texture of the first electronic recordings, of King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, and he has an idyllic sense of that America where work, play and art were in harmony.