Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 1954

 

I Found A New Baby

Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band 1954

Cover Drawing: Mardi Gras by Irene Trivas

Cover Design by Robert Guidi / Trio-Arts

Photo Credit: Ory by William Claxton - Alcorn Probert by Cecil Charles & Ewell, Garland Hail by Ray Avery

Good Time Jazz Record Co.

GTJ L-12004

1954

Recorded the afternoons of August 9th & 10th, 1954, in Hollywood under the supervision of Lester Koenig. John Palladino was the recording engineer. A multiple microphone set-up was used, with all recording and mastering equipment checked to insure faithful reproduction of the full frequency range from 40 to 15,000 cps.

Personnel:

Kid Orgy - Trombone

Alvin Alcorn - Trumpet

George Probert - Clarinet

Don Ewell - Piano

Bill Newman - Guitar

Ed Garland - Bass

Minor Hall - Drums

From the back cover: How I wrote Muskrat Ramble by Kid Ory

Although I taught myself how to play the valve trombone at the age of 10 (1896) and the slide trombone at the age of 14 (1900), it wasn't until 1919 that I took my first formal music lesson. My teacher insisted that I should learn how to writ music so the I could better understand how to read it and interpret it.

After I finished with my first teacher, I decided I wanted to learn the saxophone, too. It was while learning this instrument that I was sitting there one day, running the scales and doing arpeggios and just sort of noodling around, when all the sudden it seemed to me that I had hold of a melody. I started putting it down on paper and adding here and there to fill in the gaps until I finally had the meter worked out. It sounded all right to me but I wasn't too enthusiastic about it, so much so that, although this took place in 1921, I didn't start playing with my band until 1923. I was playing a taxi dance hall in Los Angeles and it became one of our best numbers with the fans, but it was still nameless.

When I joined King Oliver in Chicago in 1925, I also started recording with another ex-employee of mine, Louis Armstrong, and the now-famous Hot Five. It was during our of our 1926 recording sessions for Okeh Records the we were short of a number to finish the session and I happened to have my music with me and we recorded my number. Just as we were leaving the studio, Mr. Fern, the Director of A&R for Okeh asked me what was the title of the last number we recorded. We all looked at each other after I stood there not answering, and Lil Armstrong helped me out. She turned to Mr. Fern and said, "Its title is "Muskrat Ramble" and added, turning to me, "Isn't that right, Red?" I told her, "I'll go for that title," and we all laughed and left the studio. Now it had a name. And it stayed that way until Melrose Music published it and old Mr. Melrose didn't like the sound of the "rat" part, so, on the sheet music, he changed it to Muskat Ramble. But the copyright still reads Muskrat Ramble by Edward Ory.

When The Saints Go Marching In

Maple Leaf Rag

Wolverine Blues

That's A Plenty

Musrat Ramble

Clarinet Marmalade

Gettysburg March

Yellow Dog Blues

I Found A New Baby