Happy Birthday Kid 'Edward' Ory Born in La Place, Louisiana on December 25, 1886 about 30 miles West of New Orleans

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Ory, Kid (Edward)

Kid Ory was the original "tailgate" trombonist: his enormous brassy sound, audacious glissandi and loud sense of humor came to define the New Orleans trombone sound. A key element in the groups of King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong, Ory led the first African-American ensemble to record jazz, and he composed many early jazz hits, including "Ory's Creole Trombone" and "Muskrat Ramble." In the 1940s, he was a leader of the Dixieland revival movement.

Kid Ory - Shine
Kid Ory - Tiger Rag
Kid Ory - Basin Street Blues
Kid Ory - Muskrat Ramble

Edward Ory was . Ory began playing music with his friends there, about 30 miles West of New Orleans, when he was eleven years old. He started a string band out of makeshift instruments that became well-known around La Place. He would occasionally visit his sister in New Orleans, where he was exposed to the nascent sounds of early jazz. He saved up to buy a trombone from a New Orleans music shop at age 13, and was offered a job with cornetist Buddy Bolden. His family, however, insisted that he was too young to play with Bolden and so he remained in La Place until 1907.

After his 21st birthday, Ory left La Place to start his music career in New Orleans. Along with his fellow musicians in his string band, he performed mostly at Lincoln and National Park. They were soon joined by Johnny Dodds on clarinet, when Ory offered him enough money for him to quit his day job working for the local streetcar company. At the same time, his violinist switched to cornet, and the band's instrumentation changed to resemble the current traditional jazz template. The band quickly became one of the most successful in New Orleans and sustained Ory for another seven years.

In 1914, Ory and Dodds left for Chicago, where he recruited Joe Oliver to play cornet in his new band in New Orleans. Ory said he was the first to dub Oliver "King," which he later explained was a promotional strategy. He billed Oliver as the "King of the Cornet" and featured him in all the band's numbers. When Oliver left the band in 1916 to return to Chicago, Ory replaced him with local cornet prodigy Louis Armstrong.

Three years later, Oliver offered Ory a position with his band in Chicago. Ory accepted the offer, but planned a vacation to California in the intervening months. During his time in Los Angeles, he was offered a job at the Cadillac Cafe, and since the money was better than what Oliver was offering, he stayed. In California, he had his first music lessons and began to learn to read music. His new group also played regular engagements in San Francisco and Oakland.

Here is a picture of the "Kid Ory's Original Creole Jazz Band. From left to right, we have Baby Dodds, Kid Ory, Mutt Carey, Ed Garland, and Wade Whaley. This picture was taken in 1922.

In 1922, Ory made a historically significant set of recordings in Los Angeles. Ory recorded "Ory's Creole Trombone" and "Society Blue" for Reb Spikes under the pseudonym "Spikes Seven Pods of Pepper Orchestra." The two sides were the first ever recorded by an African-American jazz group.

Ory's music continued to find success in California until 1924, when he disbanded the group and moved to Chicago to join Louis Armstrong at the Dreamland. A few months later, he left Armstrong to finally joing King Oliver in the Erskine Tate band. While in Chicago, he began taking trombone lessons regularly with renowned classical trombonist Jerry Chimera.

Ory continued working with Oliver and his associates in Chicago, and in 1926 was recruited by Armstrong to record on the OKeh label with a group Armstrong called his Hot Fives.

Ory's recorded work with the Hot Fives, which includes "Heebie Jeebies," "Savoy Blues," "Hotter Than That" and "I'm Not Rough," has since become recognized as some of the finest in early jazz. "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" features a solo by Ory which typefies his style at the time.

Ory performed and recorded extensively with Oliver's Dixie Syncopators,

Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, and other prominent ensembles. Examples of his work with Oliver include "Snag It" and "Wa Wa Wa," both recorded in 1926. "Original Jelly Roll Blues," "Doctor Jazz," "Black Bottom Stomp," and "Dead Man Blues" are examples of his work with Morton. "Steamboat Stomp" features a solo by Ory where he employs some of his signature tailgate effects. Read more...


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