[Dixielandjazz] Kid Ory live

[Marek Boym]

Dear Jim,
Considering that Carey died in 1948, he wasn't very likely to have
played in 1959!

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> Well, writing from very sunny Madrid (well into the mid 90's today!), there


Which is in centigrade?


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> Ory & Mutt Carey. I don't remember who else was in the band.
> Would have been 1959/1960.





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>  I was thrilled to hear Ory, of course.  They all
> seemed very old to me, since I was a kid, not The Kid, but just a kid.  He
> would have only been about 74 then.
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> on stage, which seems to be the mode these days for U.S. bands...something I
> will never understand!)


That seems to have come from the Geprge Lewis (and perhaps Bunk) band.
 Must have been the practice in New Orleans, and spread.
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> I also remember that they played the melody line, before solos, twice at the
> beginning of the song.  The first time through was at the level it should
> have been, but the second time through they dropped an octave.  I gathered
> at the time that it was a way of saving the chops, but don't really know the
> reason.


They were just great!  Never been to Beverley Cavern, but I like the
Hangover recordings.
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> I'm very sorry, but that is all I recall other than I enjoyed myself
> greatly.  I'm pretty sure they played Muscat Ramble.


Lucky you!  I never got the chance to hear Ory live!

Cheers
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