From February 1925 until the spring of 1927, Joe Oliver led his own Dixie Syncopators at Plantation Cafe, then played dates in Milwaukee, Detroit.

1925 - Bix Beiderbecke spending his "free time" listening (and reportedly playing with, in the early hours) to Joe Oliver and Louis Armstrong.

1925 - Oscar "Papa" Celestin splits up with William ("Bebe") Ridgely (trombonist) and the Tuxedo Orchestra (? which "Tuxedo" orchestra ? see NOTE below). Celestin now leads his own orchestra which he calls the Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra. Also, he records for Okeh Records during 1925.

NOTE:    The list of "Tuxedo" bands and orchestras: Tuxedo Orchestra (from 1910) * Original Tuxedo Orchestra (from 1913) Young Tuxedo Orchestra (1920) Tuxedo Brass Band (from 1910-1925) * Young Tuxedo Brass Band (1930s-1963) Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra (1925-1928) Our reference sources indicate that William "Bebe" Ridgley played with the Tuxedo bands listed above that are marked with an asterisk (*). If anyone knows if Bebe Ridgley played with any other of the Tuxedo bands, please email so that we can update and/or correct these records. Folfie@hotmail.com

1925 - To HEAR Kid Shots Madison playing in the Original Tuxedo Band, click on the link below. After activating REAL PLAYER Use your browser's BACK button to return here

"Big Eye" Louis Nelson worked with Willie Pajeaud around 1925, and had several stints with Sidney Desvigne (leader of a band which worked on the Streckfus line steamers) in the late 1920's.

During 1925, Nick La Rocca suffered a nervous breakdown while in New York. He eventually returned to New Orleans and ran his own contracting business till 1936.

In late 1925, Edward "Kid" Ory handed over the leadership of his Kid Ory Creole Band in Los Angeles to Mutt Carey. Kid Ory moved to Chicago for recording dates with Louis Armstrong, and then he joined the King Oliver Jazz Band (playing alto sax for six weeks until trombonist George Filhe worked out his notice).

"Papa" Mutt Carey renamed his inherited big band "The Jeffersonians" who played through the late 1920s to the late 1930s. The band did regular work at Hollywood Film Studies, including providing atmospheric music on silent-filmsets.

In late 1925, Freddie Keppard rejoined Doc Cooke for a few months until early 1926.

In November 1925, in Chicago, Louis Armstrong signed a contract with the General Phonograph Corporation to make a series of recordings for the Okeh label, and went into the studios with four other musicians who had also played in King Oliver's band. They became known as "The Hot Five" who did not exist as a "performing" band. They formed for recording purposes only.

1925 - In Chicago in the mid-twenties, Edward "Kid" Ory made discs with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and with King Joe Oliver. He perhaps had the most important influence on jazz trombone playing.