In May 1922 Kid Ory’s Jazz Band entered Andrae Nordskog’s studio in Santa Monica, California, and made the first recording of a Black New Orleans jazz band. The 1811/Kid Ory Historic House in LaPlace, ...

Creole Trombone: Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz boosts the reputation of Edward “Kid” Ory — a trombonist, bandleader, recording artist and composer born on the Woodland Plantation in LaPlace on ...

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To jazz connoisseurs, lightskinned, leathery Edward (“Kid”) Ory, 58, is an authentic old master. His fame flowered in the Bayreuth of jazz, New Orleans in the early 1900s. Ever since, he has been one ...

LAPLACE, La. — More than 100 years ago, Jazz was born in LaPlace. Just two years ago, John McCusker brought it back home. The 1811 - Kid Ory Historic House is a museum with two purposes: Preserving ...

The 1811/Kid Ory Historic House, the dual-purpose LaPlace museum that chronicles the 1811 German Coast slave uprising and the birth of pioneering jazz trombonist Edward “Kid” Ory, is closing. Its ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LaPlace, La.— Just upriver from New Orleans ...

Just when all seemed lost, the 1811 Kid Ory Historic House got a second chance. The museum at a historic LaPlace plantation commemorates two significant events that occurred on its grounds: the start ...

Kid Ory played with such Jazz legends as Armstrong, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Johnny Dodds, and numerous others. Born in New Orleans, Kid Ory is considered one of ...

LAPLACE, La. (WVUE) - An important Louisiana landmark is set to welcome guests once again. The 1811 Kid Ory Historic House in LaPlace has announced that the museum and grounds will reopen this ...

Ory in November 1945, during his comeback after working as a janitor. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images If you were sauntering through the packed-dirt streets of back-of-town New Orleans in the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band. Kid Ory's ...