Joseph King Oliver - Know Louisiana

Pioneering jazz trumpet and cornet player and band leader "King"; Oliver played an instrumental role in popularizing jazz outside of New Orleans and was an important mentor in the life of Louis Armstrong.

New Orleans Jazz Museum - Happy Birthday to legendary cornetist, bandleader, composer, and Louis Armstrong mentor, Joseph King Oliver, born on the Salsburg Plantation near Aben, Louisiana in 1885. (Some sources list

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