[Dixielandjazz] Kid Ory's Muscrat Ramble

[tubaman at tubatoast.com]

I have been reading about trombonist (and bandleader) Arthur Pryor -  
he was well known as a soloist for his unusual tone and style of  
playing - he was self-taught to a degree and figured out his own slide  
positions and "growl" techniques. That would have been many years  
before Kid Ory got going.

A good article here:
http://www.paragonragtime.com/pryor.html

One thing I have been trying to find out about Pryor: several books I  
have read say emphatically that he was African-American, but there is  
not much supporting evidence of that from other sources. He certainly  
wrote a lot of Ragtime songs (and a few "Coon Songs") but that does  
not prove anything...

Anybody have any info either way?

Dave Richoux

Quoting "M J (Mike) Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>:

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>
> 3)  And what about Ory's playing?  Turk used to be dissed for playing
> so "on the edge" with his "roughness" and all.  Wasn't it originally
> patented by Ory?  Clearly present here.
>