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10/08/2012

‎’Kid’ Ory bio research took author 15 years; ‘the music is why we care,’ he says http://nola.tw/Ht

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2012 - John Levy, a bassist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away on this day at the age of 99. He played with George Shearing quintet. In 1944, Levy left Chicago with the Stuff Smith Trio to play an extended engagement at the Onyx club on New York City's 52nd Street. Over the next years, he was to play with many jazz notables, including Ben Webster, Buddy Rich, Errol Garner, Milt Jackson, and Billy Taylor, as well as with Billie Holiday at her comeback performance at Carnegie Hall in 1948. In 1997, Levy was inducted into the International Jazz Hall of Fame, and in 2006 he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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2012 - John Levy, a bassist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away on this day at the age of 99. He played with George Shearing quintet. In 1944, Levy left Chicago with the Stuff Smith Trio to play an extended engagement at the Onyx club on New York City's 52nd Street. Over the next years, he was to play with many jazz notables, including Ben Webster, Buddy Rich, Errol Garner, Milt Jackson, and Billy Taylor, as well as with Billie Holiday at her comeback performance at Carnegie Hall in 1948. In 1997, Levy was inducted into the International Jazz Hall of Fame, and in 2006 he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Tagged: Edward (Kid) Ory

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