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From 1912 to 1919 he lead one of the most popular bands in New Orleans. Ory's Band featured many of the great musicians who would go on to define the Hot Jazz style. At various times, King Oliver, a young Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, and Jimmie Noone all played in Ory's band.
In 1919 Ory relocated to California for health reasons. He assembled a new group of New Orleans musicians on the West Coast and played regularly under the name of Kid Ory's Creole Orchestra. In 1922 they became the first black jazz band to record. They used the name of "Spike's Seven Pods of Pepper Orchestra" and recorded the songs Ory's Creole Trombone and Society Blues.
In 1925 he moved to Chicago, and played regularly with King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five and Hot Seven and with Jelly Roll Morton and several other Chicago groups.
When the Dixieland revival occured in the 1940's, Ory found his style of music back in vogue. He revived Kid Ory's Creole Orchestra in 1943 and was able to continue to play, tour, and record Jazz until he retired in 1966.
Kid Ory was probably the most outstanding trombone player in the early years of Jazz. He originally played banjo, but then switched to trombone. Perhaps his banjo playing helped shape the "tailgate" style of playing he later developed on the trombone. In the "tailgate" style, the trombone plays a rhythmic line underneath the trumpets and cornets.