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King Oliver

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Noun1.King Oliver - United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)


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The music, from King Oliver to Monk, Coltrane, and beyond, is virtually the only music indigenous to the United States and has now spread, albeit often thinly, into all of our vernacular musical forms from pop to hip hop and, for that matter, also into American classical music.
The second section, "Reportage," is a compilation of sketches, profiles, and reminiscences about the music and the musicians, from the legendary King Oliver (Armstrong's patron and chief influence) through the years of the Big Bands to the formation of "modern" jazz (bop) in the forties and beyond.
 
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