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The Kid Ory Discography - Greatest Slideman Ever Born - Sid Bailey´s Monumental work. Open below.


Forewords and acknowledgements  - open


Foreword to the 2017 www version - open


The Discography - Search for Tunes and Musicians - open



News..................................................WOODLAND PLATATION FOR SALE  open 


News..................................................Latest news in the archive  open


Kid Oy´s life ..................................... Written by Hal Smith https://exhibits.stanford.edu/sftjf/feature/kid-ory 

Kid Ory´s life......................................Written by Bruce Raeburn, Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane University, New Orleans   open

Kid Ory´s life......................................Written By Sid Bailey  open

Kid Ory´s timeline..............................Written by John McCuscer   open

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The Kid´s mailbox-1...........................Mail to the archive open               

The Kid´s mailbox-2...........................Mail to the archive open    

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Links..................................................Useful links related to Kid Ory open

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Kid Ory scrapbook part 1 ..................Various clips and information   open

Kid Ory scrapbook part 2 ..................Various clips and information  open

Kid Ory scrapbook part 3 ..................Various clips and information  open   

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Floyd Levin photographical collection at The Smithsonian Institution ............open

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Swedish jazz articles..........................open

Orkesterjournalen .............................1950 , a Swedish jazz magazine    open

Off Beat articles  ................................Various aricles and information  open  

French  Jazz article  .............................Article and information  open 

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Kid Ory bibliography-1 .........................Books dealing with Kid Ory open

Kid Ory bibliography-2 .........................Books dealing with Kid Ory open

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Record sleeves and reviews


12 inch LP..............Verve ...................... open      

12 inch LP..............Good Time Jazz ......open  

12 inch LP..............Storyville.................. open            

12 inch LP..............All ............................open          

10 inch LP .............All.............................open         

EP  .........................All.............................open           

78...........................All.............................open       

CD.........................American Music.........open     

CD.........................Good Time Jazz.........open        

CD........................Jazz Crusade..............open        

CD.........................Mosaic ......................open     

CD.........................Storyville................... open       

CD.........................Acrobat......................open

CD.........................Jazz Greats...............open

CD.........................UPBEAT....................open


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Musicians -  Musicians that performed with Kid Ory, male and female, are briefly described  


THIS AN ONGOING HUGE PROJECT. MUSICIANS ARE ADDED WHEN INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. Contributions are welcome. 



PIANO

Harvey Brooks      

Lloyd Glenn      

Cedric Haywood

Gideon Honoré

Jack LaRue

Lionel Reason

Buster Wilson


L Z ”Elzie” Cooper


Bob Van Epps

BASS

Ed Garland  

Wellman Braud 

Pete Allen 


Peter ”Chuck” Badie



Morty Corb


”Squire” Gersh


Charles Oden


Frank Pasley

DRUMS

Minor Hall           

Alton Redd 

Charlie Blackwell


Ben Borders


Enos ”Doc” Cenardo


Freddy Kohlman


Jessie Sailes


Everett Walsh


Earl Watkins

GUITAR

Bud Scott

Johnny St. Cyr  

Danny Barker


Julian Davidson


Frank Haggerty


Bill Newman


Ed Scrivanek


SINGER

Claire Austin

Cecile Ory


Helen Andrews


Lee Sapphire

CLARINET


Johnny Dodds

Jimmy Noone

Buster Bailey   

Pud Brown  

Albert Burbank

Joe Darensbourg-1

Joe Darensbourg-2

Jackie Kelso       

Albert Nicholas    

Albert Burbank 

Bob McCracken

Omer Simeon 

Caugney Roberts

Barney Bigard-1

Barney Bigard-2


George Probert


Phil Gomez


Archie Rosati





TRUMPET

Alvin Alcorn

Red Allen

Andrew Blakeney

Teddy Buckner

Mutt Carey

Robin Hodes

Marty Marsala

Red Mac, McClure Morris

Dick Riley, Richard C H Smith

Rico Vallese

Renard Perry

Oscar Papa Celestin


Norman Bowden


Thomas Jefferson



                               

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Kid Ory´s life as told by various authors  open


John McCusker....................................... Kid Ory Story - 1886 Le monde créole  open

Kid Ory .................................................. I remember Buddy Bolden, King Oliver and a boy in short pants who wasn´t yet called  Satchmo  open

David Stuart.......................................... Kid Ory story p 1 - New Orleans  open

Nesuhi Ertegun......................................Kid Ory story p 2 - New Orleans and Los Angeles open

Kid Ory................................................... Kid Ory story p 3 - Hot Five  open

Nesuhi Ertegun......................................Kid Ory story p 4 - Los Angeles  open

Ralph Gleason .......................................Kid Ory story p 5 - San Francisco  open

Martin Williams......................................Jazz masters  open

John Gill..................................................Kid Ory  open

William J. Shafer.................................... Ory´s creole trombone  open

Leonard Feather....................................Kid Ory 1886 - 1973  open

Tony Standish.........................................Ory & CO  open

Leonard Feather.....................................Ory Story. Visit in Brentwood, Medio Drive 1. A fashionable area  open

James Leigh............................................Record Shops & Old Masters. (San Francisco jazz  in the 40s and 50s)  open

Harold Drob............................................Bunk Johnson  open

Richard B Hadlock..................................Kid Ory interview for Mosaic Records  open

Alma Hubner..........................................Kid Ory in the book ”Selections from the gutter”  open

Paige Van Vorst..................................... Kid Ory - King of the trombone  open

Nixon and Giltrap.....................................Kid Ory - A Biography, Appreciation, Record survey & Discography  open

Bob Mielke............................................. Interview in the book: ”Bob Mielke, a life in jazz” by Jim Goggin  open

Vivian Boarman & Cy Shain................... Kid Ory  open

Dick Hadlock........................................... Kid Ory  open

Jack W Farrell and William L Grossman..The heart of jazz  open

Rudi Blesh...............................................Listen to what Ory says  open

Anonymous ............................................. Kid Ory interview in Jazz to-day  open

Marili Ertegun ..........................................Just paying the music I like, says Kid Ory.......Part 1 open 

Marili Ertegun ..........................................Just playing the music I like, says Kid Ory......Part 2 open

Dave Stuart .............................................Kid Ory 1940    open

Dave Stuart ..............................................Kid Ory Interviewed by Dave Stuart 1941 open

Kid Ory and Jane Greenough..................What did Ory say    open

Kid Ory as told to Neshui Ertegun ...........Louis was just a little kid in knee pants; Ory    open

Kid Ory interview about Jelly Roll Morton by Bill Russell  open



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Kid Ory movies and TV shows - a summary  


1947............ New Orleans  open 

1947............ Crossfire  open

1950 ............Mahogany Music  open

1955 ............Benny Goodman Story  open 

1956............ L´Homme de la Nouvelle Orleans, Caveau de la Huchette open

1959............ Salle Pleyel TV open

1961............ Disneyland after dark  open

1962............ Chicago and all that jazz  open livepage.apple.com

1965............ Ed Sullivan Show . Kid Ory with Sweet Emma Barrett and Turk Murphy open


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Kid Ory´s family


1900s................................Kid Ory´s father Ozeme Ory (1850-1901) and Kid Ory´s baptist certificate open

1913-1915........................Kid Ory´s house in New Orleans  open

1911..................................Marriage to Elisabeth  open

1940s................................Kid Ory´s first House in Los Angeles in the 40s open

1947-1954 ........................Kid Ory´s house in Los Angeles open

1951..................................Visit at the Verzy´s house  open

1955..................................Marriage to Barbara 1955  open

1954-1961........................Kid Ory´s house in San Anselmo outside San Francisco  open

1956.................................Babette Ory - In San Anselmo  open

1957-8...............................Interviews - In San Anselmo  open

1958 .................................Fess Manetta and Babette Ory In San Anselmo  open

1950 .................................Kid Ory´s passport  open

1960s................................Friends of Ory open

1961 .................................Ory's return to Los Angeles after five years living in the San Francisco bay area  open

1961-1966........................Kid Ory´s house in Brentwood, in Los Angeles  open

1965..................................A report from Brentwood by Keith Smith  open

1966-1973....................... Kid Ory in Hawaii  - Kid Ory´s last home   open

1968...................................Yoshio and Keiko Toyama visit  Kid Ory in Hawaii  open

1969..................................Bill Russell visits  Kid Ory in Hawaii  open

1971..................................Yoshio and Keiko Toyama visit  Kid Ory in Hawaii  open

1971..................................Kid Ory meets his sister Annie in New Orleans  open

1970s..................................Kid Ory and Trummy Young  open


Epilogue


1900s....................Smoking and matchboxes. Babette talks about the jamsessions they had at their home. Cigarettes and drinks  open

1985.....................Kid Ory´s trombone stolen and retrieved . Babette, Ory´s daughter, had a bad experience  open

2001.....................Babette Ory - Memorabilia. Babette wants the return of precious photos and recordings  open

2000s....................Arthur GaNung, Kid Ory´s stepson, holding Kid Ory´s silver Pan Am valve trombone  open


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Portraits


1946...................... Kid Ory in his living room by Herbert Quick   open

1947-1948............. Kid Ory portraits by George Fletcher 1   open

1947-1948............. Kid Ory portraits by George Fletcher 2   open

1947-1948............. Kid Ory portraits by George Fletcher 3   open

1940s ....................Kid Ory portraits by Ray Avery  open

1940s ....................Kid Ory portrait by Griffith Borgeron  open

1940s ....................Kid Ory portrait by John E Reed  1940s open 

1900s.....................Kid Ory portrait from magazines    open

1950s.....................Kid Ory portraits  open   

1950s-1970s .........Kid Ory portraits  open


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Various topics


1940s...........................Kid Ory song sheet. The audience was encouraged to sing along with the band  open

1940s..........................Jazzman record shop. The famous jazz shop in Hollywood, owned by Marili Morden and Dave Stuart  open

1940s..........................Kid Ory and friends are fishing crawfish   open

1951............................Kid Ory´s autograph, sold at an auction   open

1947...........................We called it music by Eddie Condon. Inscription by Louis Armstrong to Kid Ory, sold at an auction   open

1956-1973..................French jazz magazine covers  open

2012...........................Across  open 

1900s...........................Eddie Bowles. Bowles was born in New Orleans where he met Kid Ory. From field recordings  open

1900s...........................Kid Ory disciples. Trombone players inspired by Kid Ory  open

1900s...........................Place Kid Ory in Montpelier  open

1900s..........................Ghana stamps. A series of stamps with jazz motives  open

1900s..........................Ory´s creole cook book  open

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Tunes

1900ts........Lost years and forgotten compositions  by John McCusker and David Sager open

1900ts........Thoughts on some of Kid Ory´s major compositions and assiciated matters  open

1900s.........Muskrat Ramble. The making of Muskrat Ramble and the sheet music sleeve  open

1900s ........Muskrat ramble. Barney Bigard. remembers  open

1900s.........Mama´s Baby Boy. Inspiration to Do what Ory say  open

1900s.........I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate. Dirty words revealed  open

1900s.........Kid Ory´s theme song.  Without you for an inspiration  open

1900s.........Creole Song  open

1900s.........With you anywhere you are open 

1900s.........Yaaka hula hickey dula open

1900s.........Mo che cousin open

1945..........1919 or Rough Riders open

1900..........Notes on Ory´s sheet musics open

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Events year by year


1910-1919

1900s............... The Woodland plantation. Kid Ory´s birth place in LaPlace, Louisiana, USA  open

1910................The Woodland band. Kid Ory´s orchestra in LaPlace  open

1913(ca)..........Kid Ory´s Original Creole Jazz Band  open

1900s................ Ory's band used to play the camps at  Milenburg at Lake Ponchartrain  open

1900s...............Lincoln Park roller skating rink open

1916.................Storyville days. Kid Ory in New Orleans 1916  open

1918.................Wintergarden in New Orleans open


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1920-1929


1922................Nordskog/Sunshine recordings- Article 1  open

1922................ Nordskog/Sunshine recordings- Article 2  open

1923................Kid Ory´s band in California  open

1922................On the Oakland-San Francisco Ferry. Kid Ory and Ed Garland  open

1922............... Oakland-The Municipal Auditorium Arena  open

1925................Louis Armstrong´s Hot Five, Four photos  open 

1925...............Louis Armstrong´s Hot Five. Lil Armstrong´s recollections of the time with Louis Armstrong´s Hot Five  open

1925...............Louis Armstrong´s Hot Five and Hot 7- Trombone men that  replaced Kid ory open

1925-28...........Louis Armstrong´s Hot Five- public appearances open

1926...............Jelly Roll Morton´s  Red Hot Peppers, photos and recollections  open

1927...............King Oliver´s Dixie Syncopators  open

1927...............Clarence Black´s Orchestra open

1927...............Tiny Parham open

1928-29..........Jimmy Noone open


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1930-1939


1930s-1950s ............Musicians Union  .open

1930 ........................Clem Raymond´s orchestra. Extremely rare photo from Kid Ory´s activity in the 1930s  open

1932 ........................Charles Echols Rhythm Kings. Extremely rare photo from Kid Ory´s activity in the 1930s  open

1939 ........................Ory plays bass at The Crickt Club in Los Angeles  open


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1940-1949- Recordings


1944 -1945..........Recording for Crescent  open

1945................... Recording for Exner  open

1945 ...................Recording for Decca  open

1946 ...................Columbia Records contract  open


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1940-1949- Various topics


1941............ Jelly Roll Morton´s last band... Jelly Roll Morton planned to form a big band, including Kid Ory  open

1942............ Kid ory writes a letter to Turk Murpy  open

1943 ............Zutty´s swingband....... Ory was in fact playing in a swing-band  open

1947............ Brentwood..... An engagement at a fashionable resort  open

1947 ............Letter to Brian Rust......... Ory wants to tour Europe  open

1947 ............Record Changer´s all-time, all-star poll. Kid Ory no1  open

1948............ Louis Armstron talks about Kid Ory´s band. Barney Bigard, Mezz Mezzrow and Ernest Borneman were also present  open


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1940-1949- Clubs in LOS ANGELES


1940s............ Unknown club gig  open

1940s............ Tip Toe Inn  open 

1940s............ Kid Ory band at a club gig - Barney Bigard cl  open

1940s............ Kid Ory band at a club gig - Darensbourgh cl open

1940s............ Radio Room  open

1940s............ Rendezvous Ballroom   open

1940s............ Rendezvous Ballroom stage 1- Archie Rosati cl  open

1940s............ Rendezvous Ballroom stage 2 - Archie Rosati cl   open

1940s............. Rendezvous Ballroom stage 3 - Albert Nicholas cl  open

1945.............. Jade Palace   open

1945.............. Jade Palace and bop   open

1948.............. Huntington Beach and Ellen Griffith  open

1949 ..............Cricket Club - and the benefit for Bud Scott who was seriously ill  open

1940s..............Ace Cain´s club open


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1940-1949- Rehearsals in LOS ANGELES


1947.............. Kid Ory band  rehearsing at Ory´s home  open

1947.............. Kid Ory rhythm rehearsing at Ory´s home.... Fantastic photos of Kid Ory´s classic rhythm , Hall, Garland, Scott, Wilson  open


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1940-1949- Clubs in SAN FRANCISCO


1942.................. The Dawn Club  open

1947.................. The Green Room  open

1948.................. Club Venus ..... Jack Minger was the trumpet player  open


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1940-1949- Concerts


1943.................. Geary Theatre. Several jazz concerts with Kid Ory and Bunk Johnson were held at the Geary Theatre  open

1947................. Unidentified concert. Mutt Carey trumpet  open

1948 ..................First Dixieland Jubilee. Armstrong and Kid Ory share a concert-part 1  open

1948 ..................First Dixieland Jubilee. Armstrong and Kid Ory share a concert-part 2  open

1948.................. Concert and dance tour planned  open

1948.................. Carnegie Hall. A famous concert hall in New York City  open

1948 ..................Orchestra Hall. A famous concert hall in Chicago  open 

1948 ..................American Legion. An organization for war veterans  open

1949 ..................Second Dixieland Jubilee. Legendary concert by Kid Ory´s band-part 1  open

1949 ..................Second Dixieland Jubilee. Legendary concert by Kid Ory´s band-part 2  open

1949 ..................Second Dixieland Jubilee. Legendary concert by Kid Ory´s band-part 3   open


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1940-1959- Radio and TV shows


1944.................. AFRS broadcast. Jack Teagarden in front of the band  open

1944-1945......... Orson Welles´s radio show. Kid Ory´s Creole jazz band performs in Welles´ radio show, ”Mercury All Stars”  open 

1947.................This is jazz broadcast  open

1956 ................ 25 June 1956 - The Stars of Jazz television series  open     


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1950-1960- Concerts


1950.................. Armstrong and Kid Ory. Louis Armstrong´s band and Kid Ory´s band at the same concert   open 

1951 .................Pomona State College concert by Kid Ory´s band  open

1951 ..................Fourth Dixieland Jubilee. Legendary concert by Kid Ory´s band  open

1952 ..................Concert at  Shrine Auditorium . Legendary concert by Kid Ory´s band  open

1953 ..................Concert at  Oakland Auditorium concert by Kid Ory´s band  open

1954..................San Francisco stock exchange. Concert  open

1954..................Berkeley Little Theatre. Concert  open

1955 ..................Eighth Dixieland Jubilee. Legendary concert by Kid Ory´s band   open

1957 ..................Dixieland Ragtime Jamboree in  San Francisco 3 March 1957  open

1957.................. Newport Festival. Red Allen, Kid Ory and Jack Teagarden  open

1960.................. Central Plaza in New York   open


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1950-1959-  Various topics


1958..............Kid Ory and Turk Murphy. Famous West-Coast trombone man  open

1950s..............Kid Ory and Jim Robinson. George Lewis´ trombone man  open

1951.............. Record Changer´s all-time, all-star poll. Kid Ory no1  open

1954.............. Letter from Hughes Panassié inviting Kid Ory to play in France  open

1956 ..............Sidney Bechet and Kid Ory. A rare photo clip  of Sidney Bechet and Kid Ory together  open

1958.............. San Francisco pocket guide. A nice listing of all the clubs in San Francisco  open

1950s.............From the Louis Armstrong house museum  open   



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1940-1959- Clubs  in LOS ANGELES


1948-1949.......Beverly Cavern with Andrew Blakeney  open

1951................Beverly Cavern. Papa Celestin  guest   open

1952................Beverly Cavern contract and photos  open

1953................Beverly Cavern  -1 with Teddy Buckner........and Charles Wilford article ”The Kid in the Cavern”  open

1953................Beverly Cavern  -2 with Teddy Buckner  open

1954................Beverly Cavern with Teddy Buckner. Frisco Jazz  open

1955................Beverly Cavern with Alvin Alcorn  open

1950s..............Royal Room with Teddy Buckner  open

1954-1955.......Royal Room with Alvin Alcorn  open




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1950- 1959 - Clubs in SAN FRANCISCO


1950s ..............Club Hangover. A famous club in San Francisco is described  open

1950s...............Club Hangover with Alvin Alcorn  open

1950s...............Club Hangover with Teddy Buckner  open

1955 ..............  Club Hangover Kid Ory´s mute. Ed Garland was hit by Ory  open

1953-1961........Tin Angel and On the Levee, Kid Ory´s own club in San Francisco  open

1957 ............... Pioneer Village  open


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1950-1959- Clubs in WASHINGTON D.C.


1959  The Charles Hotel in Washington D.C. - Kid Ory sings with Booker Coleman´s  band and meets Roy Carew    open  


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1950-1959- Record sessions


1950 ............... Columbia contract. Contract signed by Barbara Ga Nung, Kid Ory´s second wife  open

1953 ................Good Time Jazz session. Teddy Buckner tp   open

1954.................Good Time Jazz session. Claire Austin sings the blues. Photos of Kid Ory playing the cornet  open

1954-56............Good Time Jazz sessions with Alvin Alcorn  open

1957 ................Mosaic VERVE project. Marty Marsala tp session open

1959.................Mosaic VERVE project. Teddy Buckner tp  - Kid Ory plays W C Handy  open

1959.................Mosaic VERVE project. Red Allen tp   open


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1950-1959- Europe tours


1956.................Europe    open 

1959.................Europe    open  


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1960-1969- Record sessions


1960....................... Mosaic VERVE project.....Teddy Buckner tp  session  open

1961........................Mosaic VERVE project.....Andrew Blakeney tp  session - Storyville Nights  open


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1960-1973- Kid Ory´s last years


1960.........................Jam session behind Pier 23  open

1960s.........................Viper Room open

1960-1964.................Disneyland. A series of concerts were held at Disneyland with various orchestras  open

1965-1971..................Disneyland. A series of concerts were held at Disneyland with various orchestras  open

1971...........................New Orleans Jazz Festival - Arrival at the airport and general article  open

1971...........................New Orleans Jazz Festival - Parade  open

1971...........................New Orleans Jazz Festival - Rehearsal  open

1971............................New Orleans Jazz Festival - Concerts  open 

1971...........................New Orleans Jazz Festival - Italian article  open


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1973.......................... Kid Ory´s funeral open




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