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Kid Ory’s Trombone
Edward “Kid” Ory played with King
Oliver and Louis Armstrong’s
famous Hot Five band.

Riverboat Jazz Bands
After Storyville was closed down in 1917, New Orleans’
best musicians moved onto the boats or migrated to
northern cities. Pianist Fate Marable’s band included
Louis Armstrong, who played the cornet.

The Boswell Sisters
Connie, Martha, and Vet Boswell
sang and recorded in the early
1930s. This was the most popular
female jazz group of its time.

Musicians were screened
off so that they could not
see the patrons.

Storyville Jazz Salon
Many early jazz artists entertained in Storyville
at the bordellos, playing behind screens – Jelly Roll Morton
Buddy Bolden, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton, who formed
Sidney Bechet, Kid Ory, Freddie Keppard, and the band The Red Hot Peppers, claimed
Manuel Perez among them. to have invented jazz in 1902.

Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) was Terence Blanchard (1962–), a trumpeter, played
the greatest of all jazz musicians. with Lionel Hampton and Art Blakey before forming
From 1940 to 1960, he played with Louis Armstrong his own quintet. He is famous for composing and
his All Star Band playing the music for Spike Lee’s films
1940 1960 1980 2000
Danny Barker (1909–1994) Harry Connick, Jr. (1967–) played in New
played guitar and banjo with the Pete Fountain (1930–) Orleans clubs as a teenager, later becoming
big bands in the 1930s and 1940s is considered one of the a major jazz-pop music star and arranging
before returning to New Orleans best clarinetists in the world the score for When Harry Met Sally

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