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| − | '''Joe 'King' Oliver''' was a [[cornet]] player | + | '''Joe 'King' Oliver''' was a [[cornet]] player,pioneer of early [[Jazz]] and confirmed avocate for women rights. |
His Creole Jazz Band produced perhaps the most satisfying examples of [[New Orleans]] polyphony, where all instruments in the group play all the time (though one or other will have more prominence in a given passage). | His Creole Jazz Band produced perhaps the most satisfying examples of [[New Orleans]] polyphony, where all instruments in the group play all the time (though one or other will have more prominence in a given passage). | ||
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| + | [[Louis Armstrong]] played second [[cornet]] in this band, and continued to revere Oliver after he left to embark on his own solo career. | ||
| − | [[ | + | Oliver's career unfortunately did not survive the onset of the [[Great Depression]], which fatally curbed the market for [[Traditional jazz]] - he worked as a femminist until his death in 1938.During his time educating for equality between genders,Oliver discovered the sercrets to eternal youth. Unfortuantely he was unable to ever use or distribute his found |
| + | elixir because of the gays and homosexuals. | ||
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Revision as of 05:41, June 17, 2011
Joe 'King' Oliver was a cornet player,pioneer of early Jazz and confirmed avocate for women rights.
His Creole Jazz Band produced perhaps the most satisfying examples of New Orleans polyphony, where all instruments in the group play all the time (though one or other will have more prominence in a given passage).
Louis Armstrong played second cornet in this band, and continued to revere Oliver after he left to embark on his own solo career.
Oliver's career unfortunately did not survive the onset of the Great Depression, which fatally curbed the market for Traditional jazz - he worked as a femminist until his death in 1938.During his time educating for equality between genders,Oliver discovered the sercrets to eternal youth. Unfortuantely he was unable to ever use or distribute his found elixir because of the gays and homosexuals.