The Review Corner: Kid Ory - "Portrait of the Greatest Slide Man Ever Born"

Horace Meunier Harris
Russ Chase(EDITOR)

PORTRAIT OF THE GREATEST SLIDE MAN EVER BORN KID ORY UPBEAT JAZZ URCD 187

Ory's Sunshine Orchestra: Mutt Carey (t) Kid Ory (tb) Dink Johnson (cl) Fred Washington (p) Ed Garland (b) Ben Borders (d). Los Angeles, June 1922. Ory's Creole Trombone

The All Star Jazz Group: Mutt Carey (t) Kid Ory (tb) Jimmie Noone (cl, first 4 tracks) Wade Whaley (cl, next 3 tracks) Barney Bigard (cl, last 5 tracks) Buster Wilson (p) Bud Scott (g) Ed Garland (b) Zutty Singleton (d). On the last track, substitute Norman Bowden (t) Fred Washington (p). Los Angeles, March 15-July 12, 1944.

High Society/ Muskrat Ramble/ That's A Plenty/ Panama Rag/ Jimmie's Blues/ Sugar Foot Stomp/ Savoy Blues/ Weary Blues/ E Flat Blues (Helen Andrews, vcl)/ Tiger Rag/ Oh, Didn't He Ramble/ Royal Garden Blues.

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