1972 KID ORY AND TRUMMY YOUNG
1972 KID ORY AND TRUMMY YOUNG
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.
Kid Ory and Trummy Young in Hawaii before his birthday 1972.
(Photographer unknown).
1970S KID ORY AND TRUMMY YOUNG
Kid Ory and Trummy Young
(John McCusker, Facebook)