Phonograph Records -- The Gift of True Happiness That Lasts and Keeps on Giving -- December 18, 2023

Bellville Daily Advocate, 17-December-1923

Christmas is coming. 

The St Clair Music Shoppe had a variety of records available for Christmas. Kid Ory represented the revival of Dixieland jazz. Bunny Berrigan and Glenn Miller represented swing. Hazel Scott represented jazz. Dinah Shore and Vaughn Monroe represented the rise of solo singers. 

OH BOY! SUC HJOY! -- February 11, 2023

California Eagle, 17-February-1923

Edward Ory, better known as Kid Ory, was a pioneering jazz trombonist and band leader from Louisiana. He had come to the Los Angeles area in 1919. Ory and his Unshine Orchestra appear in the middle photo. I haven't found anything about Colen's Famous Jazzers. "Seven Southern Syncopaters" seems to have been a popular name.

Ory's Sunshine Orchestra -- November 9, 2022

San Pedro News-Pilot, 25-November-1922

Edward Ory, better known as Kid Ory, was a pioneering jazz trombonist and band leader from Louisiana. He had come to the Los Angeles area in 1919. The Knights of Pythias were a fraternal and service organization.

Ed Ory's Sunshine Orchestra -- August 9, 2022

California Eagle, 05-August-1922

This ad for a "Scenic Special Trip Deluxe" from Los Angeles to San Diego and Tiajuana says "Music for the Entire Trip Provided By Ed Ory's Sunshine Orchestra." Edward Ory was better known as Kid Ory, a pioneering jazz trombonist from Louisiana. He had come to the Los Angeles area in 1929. It says that his band was "The Only Race Jazz Band That Has Made Phonograph Records On the Coast."

The (Los Angeles) California Eagle was an African-American owned newspaper. It stopped publishing in 1964. 

California Eagle, 05-August-1922