MY DAD EDWARD KID OY, WAS BORN 25 DEC1886 ON HIS COUSINS SUGARCANE PLANATION IN LA PLACE.LOUISIANA. HE BUILT HIS OWN BANJO&OTHER HANDMADE INSTRUMENTS. HE FORMED HIS OWN BAND @10 YRS. AFTER GETTING HIS FIRST REAL BANJO, HE MOVED ON to CIVIL WAR INSTRUMENTS. BUDDY BOLDEN DISCOVERED HE AS A PERMANENT FIXTURE AT STOREYVILLE – THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT of NEW ORLEANS (CLOSED BY ORDER US NAVY 1917). HIS STYLES CAME FROM SKIFFLES,RAGS,BLUES,THEN PROGRESSED INTO JASS(SIC) LATER HE STARTED ADVERTISING ON HIS WAGON FOR DANCES &CUTTING CONTESTS, JAZZ BAND FOR HIRE,HIS FIRST BAND,TURNED INTO THE ORY/OLIVER BAND WITH JOE KING OLIVER, OLIVER &KID TOOK LOUIS ARMSTRONG UNDER THERE WINGS. KID LEFT NEW ORLEANS IN 1919. Upon his return to LOS ANGELES, he would record the first JAZZ RECORDING OF NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BY PEOPLE of COLOR. LATER, IN THE 1920’S, KID ANSWERED LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S CALL. OLIVE & KID RECORDED HIS EVERGREEN MUSKRAT RAMBLE. SAVOY BLUES. RECORDED WITH KING OLIVER. JELLY ROLL MOTORTON.MA RAINY. LIL’S HOT SHOTS. JELLY ROLL DID NOT DIED IN THE 1940’S. KID ORY CONTINUED WITH JAZZ REVIVAL. ORSON WELLS HIRED A BAND FOR MERCURY BROADCAST. THE CREOLE JAZZBAND LASTED 6 WEEKS. NESHUI ERTEGUN TAKEN OVER PRODUCING OY, FOR COLUMBIA. THE WEST COAST JAZZ SCENE WAS HOT. IN THE FIFTY,GOOD TIMES JAZZ,THEN VRE RECORDINGS. TWO TOURS OF EUROPE (1956-1959), DIXIELAND ATDISNEYLAND,BENNY STORY,TV WITH CHICAGO&ALL THAT JAZZED SULLIVAN. THE FILM NEW ORLEANS FINALLY RELEASED INSIDE THE 1990’SW/ BILLIE HOLIDAY&LOUIS ARMSTRONG. HIS FINAL MUSIC HAS YET TO BE RECORDED. STILL THE KING OF TAILGATE TROMONE. BABETTE ORY JAN 4 2010, Text contributed by users is available under Creative Commons By–SA License. It may also be available under GNU FDL.
