King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band was one of the best and most important bands… Read Full Bio ↴King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band was one of the best and most important bands in early Jazz. The Creole Jazz Band was made up of the cream of New Orleans Hot Jazz musicians, featuring Baby Dodds on drums, Honore Dutrey on trombone, Bill Johnson on bass, Louis Armstrong on second cornet, Johnny Dodds on clarinet, Lil Hardin-Armstrong on piano, and the band's leader, King Oliver on cornet. In 1922 Armstrong received a telegram from his mentor Joe Oliver, asking him to join the band in Chicago. He nervously accepted and went north to Chicago to play second cornet with the band at the Lincoln Gardens at 459 East 31st Street. The addition of Armstrong to this already powerful and popular band took the town by storm. Soon musicians and fans were flocking to hear Louis' amazing cornet playing with the Oliver band. Louis met his second wife Lil Hardin who was the pianist in the Creole Jazz Band. Eventually it was she who urged Louis to leave the band so that he might live up to his true potential and not get stuck playing second to Oliver.
Dippermouth Blues
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band Lyrics
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Louis Armstrong Out on the plains, down near Santa Fe I met a…
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@stephenhill6003
I think that in their original recording "Oh play that thing!" was a shout to "wake" up the drummer. They kept the take and it became a Jazz standard in its own right.
@kimcorbet
well, except it was the drummer, Baby Dodds, that shouted those words
@coldwar1952
I always thought it was 'BOY play that thang'
@emilianoturazzi
just a legend.
@stephenhill6003
Probably, but still fun 🙂
@bluesmusicandwhatnot2845
Whether or not it was the drummer himself, this is probably incorrect either way. Throwing in those “interjections” was just a common thing in black music at the time that can (probably) be traced back to West Africa. Some Hausa griots will do the same thing. It can also be observed among elderly African American banjoists born around the turn of the 20th century as well as pre-war blues guitarists.
@92EEM
PUBLIC DOMAIN BAYYBEEE!!!
Happy New Year everyone! It's official, the 1923 recording of this song is officially in the public domain!
@giovanniiorio2170
No words....were they playng or having fun......this is pure joy....I have no words to describe it.....ty for the upload
@kim.taehyung6446
listening to this because of my music class 👍
@qwertydoddles2222
Same 👍