Pops Foster
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George Murphy "Pops" Foster was an American jazz musician, best known for his vigorous slap bass playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally.
Pops Foster with Ole South Band, New York City in February 1947
Pops Foster on string bass Fate Marable's New Orleans Band on the S. S. Sidney in 1918 or 1919
Art Hodes new band at the "Ole South" lines up with (left to right) George Luggi on trombone, Pops Foster on bass, Henry Goodwin on trumpet, Hodes on piano, Cecil Scott on clarinet and drummer Baby Dodds, is hidden
Kid Ory
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Edward "Kid" Ory was an American jazz composer, trombonist and bandleader. One of the early users of the glissando technique, he helped establish it as a central element of New Orleans jazz.
House on Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, Ory's residence in the 1910s
Nesuhi Ertegun founded his first label, Crescent Records, to record Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band. (Crescent Number 1, August 1944)
Bass drum used by drummer Ram Hall in Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band, with front head painted promoting the band, on display at 1811 Kid Ory Historic House, LaPlace, Louisiana