"Father of Dixieland Jazz." La Place, LA born multi-instrumentalist, Edward Kid Ory ( born Dec 25 1886 - died Jan 23 1973) was active from a young age as a ragtime era musician. Ory kept a band going steadily from the 1890's through the start of the Depression and then afterwards, his career rose like a phoenix in the 1940's, with Ory prolifically recording and playing steadily as a highly regarded trombonist until his retirement at nearly age 80 in 1966.

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