Kid Ory is in our country.

Kid Ory is in our country. We conducted an interview with this legendary figure, who turns 70 in two months, at the Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam.

He does not try to hide his age, instead he's rather proud of it. "At Christmas I will be seventy," he says smiling.

Kid Ory is a modest little inconspicuous figure.

His hair is gray, his eyes are lively and witty.                                          Kid Ory, the trombonist who belongs in jazz history since 1915. The man playing with his band on a street boy in shorts with a cornet under his arm will come along and ask him what instrument he brings to it. That boy was Louis Armstrong, which proudly replied: "That's my instrument."

A few years later we find Kid Ory playing in Armstrong's Hot Five, along with clarinetist Johnny Dodds and pianist Lil Hardin, who in turn was later replaced by Earl Hines.

Kid Ory is one of the few still alive today New Orleans representatives, as is Sidney Bechet.

Kid Ory still blows his bass sounds, his glissandi, as when he started. His "All Stars" orchestra comprises of Phil Gomez on clarinet , Alvin Alcorn on trumpet, Cedric Haywood behind the piano, Minor Hall on drums and bassist Wellman Braud. Three members of his orchestra count together 200 years. Bassist Braud has given the rhythm  to Duke Ellington's orchestra during  fourteen years.                                                               Kid Ory and his "All Stars" enthralled a silent audience with their music on Saturday night in a concert at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw .                                                                                                      On 3 and 4 November they will play in The Hague and Rotterdam, respectively at the Kurzaal and in the Ahoy Hall (sic. Riviera Hall).

A few days ago, his ensemble drew 8000 jazz fans in Berlin.                  In Hamburg 7500 to 8000 fans breathlessly listened to Kid Ory, the man who performed his own part in the Benny Goodman Story.

Which quite rightly proves that the classic jazz, despite the development of the modern movements in jazz, remais immortal and will always continue to fascinate.