This Kid's The Greatest! (CD)

The first great trombonist in jazz history, Kid Ory's roots as a player stretch all the way back to the music's inception. His first band was formed in 1912, and it quickly became one of the most popular in New Orleans, featuring such greats as King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, and Sidney Bechet. His 1922 recording sessions were the first by an all-black group. A break in the '30s to work on his brother's chicken farm was followed by a return to musical prominence in the '40s. Having lost none of its vigor or expressiveness, Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band became a treasure of the traditional-jazz revival.

• Category:  Music  »  Jazz  »  Trombone
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• Release Date: July 17, 1992
• Label: Good Time Jazz
• UPC: 025218124522
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106644994
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #82223 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #7006 in Jazz (See Top 100 Jazz Bestsellers)
• #48 in Trombone (See Top 100 Trombone Bestsellers)

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Personnel: Teddy Buckner, Pud Brown, Lloyd Glenn, Julian Davidson, Ed Garland, Minor Hall, Bob McCracken, Don Ewell, Morty Corb, Alvin Alcorn, George Probert, Barney Kessel, Phil Gomez, Cedric Haywood, Wellman Braud.



Recorded from 1953-1956.

New Orleans trombone man Kid Ory had already made a sizeable contribution to musical history before he dropped out of the game in the 1930s. Although he basically wrote the rulebook on the use of trombone in a jazz context, he might have slipped off the radar of history if he hadn't made a stunning comeback in the '40s. Thankfully, Ory recorded prolifically throughout the '40s and '50s, and these mid-'50s sessions find him in excellent form. The fare is sprightly old-school New Orleans jazz, sprinkled with ragtime and Dixieland flavors, with Ory's tailgate trombone leading the way.

Interestingly, the personnel here comes from all over the map, and includes Ory contemporaries (drummer Minor Hall), as well as modern bop players (guitarist Barney Kessel). Traditional standbys "Bill Bailey" and "St. James Infirmary" show that Ory hasn't abandoned his classic songbook, while originals such as "Creole Song" and "The Girls Go Crazy" (featuring a vocal from Ory) fit into the set list perfectly. This is fun, high-spirited music that captures the essence of jazz as it was conceived in the beginning.

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