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King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, left to right: Honoré Dutrey, trombone; Warren “Baby” Dodds, drums; “King” Joe Oliver, cornet; Louis Armstrong (kneeling in front), slide trumpet; Lil Hardin Armstrong, piano; Bill Johnson, banjo/bass; Johnny Dodds, clarinet. Photo: Hogan Jazz Archive Photography Collection, Tulane University Libraries

King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band recording of “Dippermouth Blues” celebrates 100th anniversary

On April 6, 1923, King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, which included 21 year-old Louis Armstrong playing 2nd cornet, recorded "Dippermouth Blues" at Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana. According to Danny Weiss, senior lecturer of Jazz History in Purdue's Department of...