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- ABaby doll
- BMabel's dream
"Baby Doll" and "Mabel's Dream" are classic King Oliver sides from the 1920s, here on the Biltmore label, a specialist British reissue imprint aimed at jazz collectors rather than an original commercial pressing.AI summary
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- ABaby doll
- BMabel's dream
King Oliver led one of the most influential early New Orleans jazz bands; this Biltmore pressing is a later cheap UK reissue of his original recordings, issued for jazz enthusiasts rather than as a first pressing.AI summary
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- ACall of the Freaks(29)
- BTrumpet's Prayer
King Oliver, the pioneering New Orleans jazz cornet master and mentor to Louis Armstrong, recorded 'Call of the Freaks' for HMV. This is from Oliver's most creatively fertile period in the 1920s. UK copies of King Oliver are scarce — the series carried some of the most important early jazz, and British issues rarely surface.AI summary
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- AChimes blues
- BFroggie moore
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band with 'Chimes Blues', which includes Louis Armstrong's first recorded solo, and 'Froggie Moore', from their 1923 sessions, in Tempo's R series.AI summary
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- AFarewell blues
- BSobbin blues
A King Oliver recording of "Farewell Blues" issued on Perfect, a budget American dime-store label of the late 1920s and 1930s that reissued jazz and dance sides cheaply.AI summary
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- AFroggie Moore(23)
- BChimes Blues
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band with 'Froggie Moore' and 'Chimes Blues', from their 1923 sessions; 'Chimes Blues' includes Louis Armstrong's first recorded solo. On Jazz Collection.AI summary
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- AKrooked blues
- BAlligator Hop
"Krooked Blues" and "Alligator Hop" were recorded by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band for Gennett in 1923, landmark early jazz sides; this Century pressing is a later specialist reissue of those recordings rather than an original Gennett disc.AI summary
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- AMabel's dream
- BRiverside blues
King Oliver, a pioneering early jazz trumpeter and bandleader, on Brunswick 03575, performing "Mabel's dream" and "Riverside blues"; both sides are significant recordings from the early electric era of jazz.AI summary
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- ARiverside blues
- BWorking man blues
"Riverside Blues" and "Working Man Blues" are classic King Oliver Creole Jazz Band sides from the 1920s, here on the Hot Jazz Club of America label, a limited-run specialist reissue produced for serious jazz collectors rather than an original commercial issue.AI summary
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- ASomeday Sweetheart
- B(Band)Limehouse blues
A UK Panachord pressing of King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators performing 'Someday Sweetheart' and 'Limehouse Blues'; Oliver was Louis Armstrong's mentor and a central figure in early New Orleans jazz, and British issues of his work are not common.AI summary
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- AStop crying
- B(Ellington)Rockin' in Rhythm
King Oliver's early hot-jazz sides for Brunswick: 'Stop Crying' and 'Rockin' in Rhythm' (credited to Ellington). Oliver was a pioneering New Orleans cornet player whose influential early recordings have long been collected by jazz historians and hot-dance enthusiasts.AI summary
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- ATin Roof Blues(28)
- BWest End Blues
British Vocalion reissued key American jazz sides for the UK market in the early 1930s under its "V" series; this coupling of King Oliver's "Tin Roof Blues" and "West End Blues" is sought after among collectors of early British jazz pressings.AI summary
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- AWa wa wa(25)
- BSomeday Sweetheart(26)
King Oliver's Vocalion sides 'Wa Wa Wa' and 'Someday Sweetheart' are celebrated recordings from his mid-1920s period, important documents of early jazz.AI summary
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- AWeather Bird Rag
- BJust Gone
King Oliver, the New Orleans trumpet legend, on Brunswick 02202 with 'Weather Bird Rag' and 'Just Gone'—early jazz sides from one of the most influential figures in the music's development.AI summary
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- AWorking Man blues
- BZulu's Ball
King Oliver was a formative figure in early New Orleans jazz, and 'Working Man Blues' and 'Zulu's Ball' are historic titles here reissued on Biltmore, a cut-price American label.AI summary