Joseph “King” Oliver. Between April and December of the following year, they would record 37 tracks together—among them such classics as “Dipper Mouth Blues” and “Weather Bird Rag ...

Being that New Orleans was a trumpet playing town, he had to work hard and long on his chops, and spent a lot of time learning to read music, which he became very good at ... and started the Kid Ory ...

The King Oliver-Louis Armstrong recordings are, in fact, jazz’s very first masterpieces. Mr. Friedwald writes about music and popular culture for the Journal. He is the 2024 winner of the Jazz ...