| LC control no. | n 81097886 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML419.O77 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Ory, Kid, 1886-1973 |
| Variant(s) | Ory, Edward, 1886-1973 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1886-12-25 |
| Death date | 1973-01-23 |
| Place of birth | La Place (La.) |
| Place of death | Hawaii |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band Ory's Sunshine Orchestra Leon René's Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Trombonists Band directors Jazz musicians |
| Found in | New Orleans legends. [Phonodisc] 195-. African American National Biography, accessed March 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Ory, Kid; Edward Ory; trombonist, bandleader, jazz musician; born 25 December, 1886 in La Place, Louisiana, United States; of Creole French, Spanish, African American and Native American heritage; started to play trombone (around 1900); led band New Orleans (1912-1919); trombonist and leader of Kid Ory's Brownskinned Babies, Kid Ory's Original Creole Jazz Band, and Sunshine Orchestra (Los Angeles and San Francisco) (1919), alto saxophonist at Plantation Café, Chicago (1925); player at Chicago Vagabonds, Sunset Café (1928-1929); played for Leon René's band, show “Lucky Day”, in San Francisco (1930s); trombonist at Barney Bigard's group (Los Angeles) (1942); played in jazz group broadcast, Orson Welles's show (1944); played in his own band Jade Room in Hollywood Boulevard (1945), ran his own club, On the Levee in San Francisco (1954-1961); played in movie The Benny Goodman Story (1955); toured Europe (1956) and England (1959); led band Beverly Cavern in Los Angeles (1961); retired to Hawaii (1966); died 23 January, 1973 in Hawaii) |
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