Oliver and his band returned to Chicago in 1922, where they started playing in the Lincoln Gardens as King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band. In addition to Oliver on cornet, the personnel included his protégé Louis Armstrong on second cornet, Baby Dodds on drums, Johnny Dodds on clarinet, Lil Hardin (later Armstrong's wife) on piano, Honoré Dutrey on trombone, and Bill Johnson on double bass. Recordings made by this group in 1923 for Gennett, Okeh, Paramount, and Columbia demonstrated the New Orleans style of collective improvisation, also known as Dixieland, and brought it to a larger audience. Because they were recording acousticly into a horn that was directly connected to the needle making the record master, Armstrong notably had to stand in the corner of the room, away from the horn, because his powerful playing bounced the needle off the master. In addition, white musicians would visit Lincoln Gardens in order to learn from Oliver and his band. Because Lincoln Gardens was in Chicago's black neighborhood and only admitted blacks, the white players listened outside near the front door. A prospective tour in the midwestern states ultimately broke up the band in 1924.
Oliver and his band returned to Chicago in 1922 where they started playing in the Lincoln Gardens as King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band In addition to Oliver on cornet the personnel included his protégé Louis Armstrong on second cornet Baby Dodds on drums Johnny Dodds on clarinet Lil Hardin (later Armstrong's wife) on piano Honoré Dutrey on trombone and Bill Johnson on double bass Recordings made by this group in 1923 for Gennett Okeh Paramount and Columbia demonstrated the New Orleans style of collective improvisation also known as Dixieland and brought it to a larger audience Because they were recording acousticly into a horn that was directly connected to the needle making the record master Armstrong notably had to stand in the corner of the room away from the horn because his powerful playing bounced the needle off the master In addition white musicians would visit Lincoln Gardens in order to learn from Oliver and his band Because Lincoln Gardens was in Chicago's black neighborhood and only admitted blacks the white players listened outside near the front door A prospective tour in the midwestern states ultimately broke up the band in 1924