JERSEY JAZZ

Journal of the New Jersey Jazz Society Dedicated to the performance,

promotion and preservation of jazz.

Volume 36 • Issue 7

July/August 2008

Talking Jazz

A Jersey Jazz Interview with Trummy Young

By Schaen Fox

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JERSEY JAZZ:

You led the musicians at Kid Ory’s funeral here. Were you close to him ?

Trummy Young:

I liked Ory. I tried to get him to put his life on tape, but his wife

said: “What are you trying to do? You’re trying to tape Ory’s story so you

can have it.” I said forget it and never bothered anymore. I was going to do

it for him because I figured I could help him make some money. He really

started the ragtime trombone. He was the father of it really. I remember

back in 1921–22, I just thought that nothing was like Ory and Joe Oliver.

JERSEY JAZZ:

Did you pattern any of your style after his ?

Trummy Young:

No he was involved with the tailgate and that never was my style.                       My style was more of a trumpet style.