| Creole Trombone: Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz Contributor(s): McCusker, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1617036269 ISBN-13: 9781617036262 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Jazz |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2012005303 |
| Series: American Made Music (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.36" H x 5.88" W x 8.86" (1.09 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Edward Kid Ory (1886-1973) was a trombonist, composer, recording artist, and early New Orleans jazz band leader. Creole Trombone tells his story from birth on a rural sugar cane plantation in a French-speaking, ethnically mixed family, to his emergence in New Orleans as the city's hottest band leader. The Ory band featured such future jazz stars as Louis Armstrong and King Oliver, and was widely considered New Orleans's top hot band. Ory's career took him from New Orleans to California, where he and his band created the first African American New Orleans jazz recordings ever made. In 1925 he moved to Chicago where he made records with Oliver, Armstrong, and Jelly Roll Morton that captured the spirit of the jazz age. His most famous composition from that period, Muskrat Ramble, is a jazz standard. Retired from music during the Depression, he returned in the 1940s and enjoyed a reignited career. Drawing on oral history and Ory's unpublished autobiography, Creole Trombone is a story that is told in large measure by Ory himself. The author reveals Ory's personality to the reader and shares remarkable stories of incredible innovations of the jazz pioneer. The book also features unpublished Ory compositions, photographs, and a selected discography of his most significant recordings. |
Contributor Bio(s): McCusker, John: - John McCusker is a New Orleans native who worked as a photojournalist for three decades at the Times-Picayune and later the New Orleans Advocate. He was part of the team that shared the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for covering Hurricane Katrina. He is author of Creole Trombone: Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz and coauthor of Jockomo: The Native Roots of Mardi Gras Indians, both published by University Press of Mississippi. He is also founder of the Cradle of Jazz Tour. |