Armstrong joins King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
1922 · Event
Summoned north from New Orleans by his mentor Joe 'King' Oliver, the 21-year-old cornetist joins the band at Chicago's Lincoln Gardens; their 1923 records are the first great jazz recordings.
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