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Kid Ory: The Complete Kid Ory Verve Sessions

by C. Andrew Hovan
February 1, 2000

As the years continue to roll by, the 1950s and '60s seem to take on an even more elevated significance. Those who were young enough to remember, and now even those who weren't but who keep an eye on the reissues, know what a positively monumental set of riches came from the most fertile period jazz had ever seen up to that point in time. Not only was hard bop and “the new thing" a hot commodity, but a period ...