Edward Ory was a highly-acclaimed trombonist and a well-known band leader who
rose to prominence during the 1910s and employed some of the great jazz players
from that era including Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Mutt Carey and Jimmie
Dodds. Universally known as 'Kid', Ory grew up in LaPlace, Louisiana until 1907
when he relocated to New Orleans and established one of the city's best-known
jazz ensembles.
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 burgeo...