Topless (N. Villere St)

The music heard in the film is 'Ory's Creole Trombone', by Spike's Seven Pods of Pepper Orchestra. This band is none other than Kid Ory's Original Creole Jazz Band; the Pods of Pepper name was used for a couple of recordings on the fly-by-night Sunshine label in Los Angeles in 1922. In addition to being a lively and propulsive tune ideally suited to the gist of the picture, the cut also has historical cachet: it is the first jazz recording made by the music's black New Orleanian progenitors.