King Oliver came from New Orleans where Jazz (in a style eventually known as Dixieland) formed and fermented the medium and the musicians that invented it. King Oliver and trombonist Kid Ory co-led the heppest and most talented band of the 1910s. When they parted ways, Ory moved first to Los Angeles where he was the first black musician from New Orleans to record a jazz side on the West Coast, and then to Chicago where he played in a number of the eras most important bands. His career was sidelined by the Depression until Dixieland had a popular revival in the 1940s allowing Ory to resume his career leading his Creole Jazz Band. The Chronological Classics: Kid Ory 1922-1945 compilation album bridges the two eras.
Here is the discography surrounding Kid Ory's first recordings:
The Chronological Classics: Kid Ory 1922-1945
"Creole Song" by Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
"Oh! Didn't He Ramble" by Kid Ory
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