Kid Ory
Edward "Kid" Ory (born 25 December 1886 in LaPlace, Louisiana; † January 23, 1973 in Hawaii, buried in New Orleans) was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader.
Life and work
After his entry into the music as a banjo player and experiments on the cornet he was stylist of trombonist with the New Orleans Jazz. He had first professional gigs already with almost ten years. He played in the typical " Tailgate " style, in which the slide trombone melody lines of the trumpet with short phrases rhythmic contrasts and accompanied; typical are the upbeat glissandi here.
From 1912 to 1919 he headed the most popular band in all of New Orleans. Many musicians of the " hot jazz " played at this time with Ory, including King Oliver, a young Louis Armstrong, who replaced Oliver, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet and Jimmie Noone.
1919 Ory moved on the advice of his doctor in the warmer California. Along with other New Orleans musicians, he played under the name "Kid Ory 's Creole Orchestra" on the West Coast. In 1922 she was the first black band that recorded a record (though under the pseudonym " Spike 's Seven Pods of Pepper Orchestra" ), among others, the compositions ' " Ory 's Creole Trombone " and " Society Blues".
1925 Ory moved to Chicago and took there regularly with King Oliver, Louis Armstrong's " Hot Five " and " Hot Seven " on ( Hot Fives & Sevens ); also he played with Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds, and some other bands from the area, as with Boyd Atkins. During the Depression Ory be pulled back largely by the music scene and business with his brother a chicken farm. As part of the Dixieland revival of the 1940s he revived his " Creole Orchestra" in 1943 and was active as a live musician at a recording session until his final retirement from music in 1966.
Collection
- The Complete Kid Ory Verve Sessions (1956-1961) - ( Mosaic - 1999) - 8 CDs with Alvin Alcorn, Phillip Gomez cl, Cedric Haywood, Wellman Braud, Kansas Fields, Red Allen, JC Higginbotham, Jack Teagarden, Buster Bailey, Claude Hopkins, Arvell Shaw, Earl Watkins dm, Marty Marsala, Darnell Howard, Frank Haggerty g, Charles Oden b, Teddy Buckner, Caughey Roberts cl, Jesse Sailes dm, Robert McCracken cl, Morty Corb b, Alton Redd dm, Lionel Reason p, Andrew Blackeney tp, Bob Van Eps p, Johnny St. Cyr, Bob Boyack b, Ennis Doc Cenardo dm
Important compositions
- Muskrat Ramble
- Ory 's Creole Trombone
- Savoy Blues