| Edward Ory was born near LaPlace, LA in 1886. In the early days of jazz, he led one of the most popular bands in the city of New Orleans, with musicians such as Sidney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Johnny Dodds, Mutt Carey and Jimmie Noone. He, also, played and recorded with Jelly Roll Morton, Dink Johnson and Ed Garland. Kid Ory is considered by many to have been the best trombonist of the early jazz years. He moved, first, to Los Angeles and, later, to Chicago, where his band, Kid Ory's Original Creole Band, was always active and in demand. He stopped playing during the Depression and didn't resume until the jazz revival of the 1940's. He re-formed the Original Creole Band and it became one of the top New Orleans- style jazz bands of the time and played a big part in reviving New Orleans jazz. He continued touring, recording and doing radio broadcasts until 1966, when he retired and moved to Hawaii, where he died in 1973. |
