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<\/a>mentor King Joe Oliver and colleagues such as the Brothers Dodd (clarinetist Jimmy, drummer Baby) kick-starting jazz into the most spontaneous, joyful, virtuosic, collaborative art form the U.S. has yet produced. The Jazz Institute of Chicago<\/a> celebrated this anniversary throughout 2022 — here are four brief articles Kent Richmond and I co-wrote for the JIC JazzGram<\/a>, telling the story with playlist embedded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lest we forget: In 1922 Louis Armstrong arrived in Chicago from New Orleans, with his wife Lil Hardin, mentor King Joe Oliver and colleagues such as the Brothers Dodd (clarinetist Jimmy, drummer Baby) kick-starting jazz into the most spontaneous, joyful, virtuosic, collaborative art form the U.S. has yet produced. 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