
A Career Anthology 1923-31
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This 126-track 5-CD collection comprises a significant proportion of his career recordings leading his own bands or as a member of other leaders bands and accompanying singers where he made an important contribution. It includes some of the most significant and influential recordings made during this era, through to the end of his active recording career in 1931 occasioned by dental and mouth problems that affected his ability to play. There are recordings on the Gennett, Okeh, Columbia, Paramount, Autograph, Vocalion, Brunswick, QRS and Victor labels, featuring recordings with his Creole Jazz Band, Dixie Syncopators, Savannah Syncopators, his Jazz Band and his Orchestra. It also includes recordings with Butterbeans & Susie, Irene Scruggs, Sippi Wallace, Ida Cox, Victoria Spivey, Katherine Henderson, Irene Gibson and Texas Alexander, and with the Clarence Williams Novelty Four, with performances alongside Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, Lil Armstrong, Jimmy Noone, Clarence Williams, Barney Bigard and many other top names. Its a comprehensive showcase for one of the genres most important personalities.
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Catalogue Number: ACFCD7520Format: CD
Artist: Joe 'king' Oliver
Release Date: 11 October 2024
Genre: Jazz
Label: Acrobat
Distributor: MGM Music