Howard, Kid (Avery)
Howard, Kid (Avery)
Howard, Kid (Avery), early jazz trumpeter; b. New Orleans, April 22, 1908; d. there, March 28, 1966. He started on drums at 14, played with Andrew Morgan and Chris Kelly, then switched to cornet. He did parade work for many years with the Eureka, Allen’s Brass Band, and the Tuxedo. He organized his own band in the late 1920s, which toured as far away as Chicago. During the 1930s he played in local pit bands for shows. After recording with George Lewis in 1943, he gigged in New Orleans for several years. Howard worked regularly with Lewis from 1952 (including a tour of Europe 1959). He recovered from serious illness in 1961 and played frequently at Preservation Hall and Dixieland Hall in New Orleans during last years of his life. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
Discography
K. H.’s New Orleans Band (1962); K. H.’s Band (1962); Heart and Bowels of New Orleans (1963); K. H. at the San Jacinto Hall (1965).
—John Chilton, Who’s Who of Jazz/ Lewis Porter