1920s Jazz• Joe “King” Oliver• Edward “Kid” Ory• Louis Armstrong

• Duke Ellington• Jelly Roll Morton

Joe “King” Oliver

(1885-1938)

• Famous Cornetist and Band leader

• Crowned King by Edward “Kid” Ory for Oliver was the King of the Cornet

• Leader of the Creole Jazz Band

• Click Here to listen to King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band play “Dippermouth Blues” (Sugarfoot Stomp)

Edward “Kid” Ory (1886-1973)

• Great trombonist of the 1920s and 1940s

• Kid Ory was a clever business man, trombonist, and band leader

• After retiring from jazz in the late 20s, he had a comeback to jazz in the 1940s and was very successful.

• Played with Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, and Jelly Roll Morton

• Click Here to listen to Kid Ory and his band play “Creole Song”

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)

• Considered the most important improviser in Jazz

• Very talented in his musical abilities from a young age. Later on he taught himself to play cornet

• Eventually caught the attention of some of the established musicians of New Orleans including Joe “King” Oliver

• Click Here to listen to Louis Armstrong play and sing “Hello Dolly”

Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

• Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington• Great composer, pianist, and

band leader• Click Here to look at part of the

tenor saxophone score for “Take the A Train”

• Ellington changed the sound of jazz by combining many different types of music and creating a new consistent style.

• Click Here to listen to Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train”

Jelly Roll Morton

(1890-1941)

• Ferdinand Joseph Morton

• Itinerant Pianist. Morton travelled all over the United States from New Orleans to New York to Los Angeles

• First recordings were made in Chicago, 1923.

• Click Here to listen to Jelly Roll Morton’s “Shreveport Stomp”

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