Kid Ory Quotes

"And during Mardi Gras -- man! That's when we really had fun [in New Orleans]. All day and night bands marched up and down the streets playing their heads off. We played sometimes for a local colored fraternity and marched in front of their parade." - Kid Ory

source: 'Hear Me Talkin' to Ya: The Story of Jazz As Told by the Men Who Made It' (Nat Shapiro, First published 1966)