Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz band was formed in the early 1940s. Born Edward Ory on
December 25, 1886 in LaPlace Louisiana, the acclaimed trombonist and band leader
was better known by his stage name Kid Ory. He rose to prominence during the
1910s when he moved to New Orleans and employed some of the great jazz players
from that era including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Mutt Carey and Jimmie
Dodds. In 1919, he joined an exodus of a significant group of New Orleans-based
jazzmen who moved to the West Coast to pursue their musical careers in Los
Angeles - where the burgeoning film indus...
