  edward "kid" ory (december 25, 1886 &ndash; january 23, 1973) was a jazz trombonist and bandleader. he was born in woodland plantation near la place, louisiana. ==biography== ory started playing music with home-made instruments in his childhood, and by his teens was leading a well-regarded band in southeast louisiana. he kept la place, louisiana, as his base of operations due to family obligations until his twenty-first birthday, when he moved his band to new orleans, louisiana. he was one of the most influential trombonists of early jazz. ory was a banjo player during his youth and it is said that his ability to play the banjo helped him develop "tailgate", a particular style of playing the trombone. in "tailgate" style the trombone plays a rhythmic line underneath the trumpets and cornets. the house on jackson avenue in the picture to the right is where buddy bolden discovered ory, playing his first new trombone, instead of the old civil war trombone. but his sister said he was too young to play with bolden. ory had one of the best-known bands in new orleans in the 1910s, hiring many of the great jazz musicians of the city, including cornetists joe "king" oliver, mutt carey, and louis armstrong, who joined the band in 1919;[http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/tbacig/studproj/is309
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