Mutt Carey

Thomas "Papa Mutt" Carey (September 17, 1891 – September 3, 1948) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Carey was born in Hahnville, Louisiana, and moved to New Orleans with his family in his youth. His older brother Jack Carey was a trombone player and bandleader; Mutt was playing cornet in his brother's band by about 1912.
Although Carey's early work was with brass bands in the New Orleans area (1913–17), in 1914, he started working with Kid OryZieff,... plus