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"Oh, Mister Jelly": A Jelly Roll Morton Scrapbook. (Book Reviews).
"Oh, Mister Jelly": A Jelly Roll Morton Scrapbook. Compiled by William Russell. Copenhagen: JazzMedia, 1999. [720 p. ISBN 87-88043-26-6. $100.]
"Oh, Mister Jelly" is a pathbreaking example of the "scrapbook" type of jazz book. Photographs and documents have always played an important role in the presentation of jazz history, as far back as Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer's Pictorial History of Jazz: People and Places from New Orleans to Modern Jazz (New York: Crown, 1955) and notably in Frank Driggs and Harris Lewine's Black Beauty, White Heat: A Pictorial History of Classic Jazz, 1920-1950 (New York: W. Morrow, 1982; reprint, New York: Da Capo, 1995). The ...
- Pimp, pool shark, conman - and the father of jazz. Roy Barthlomew looks at the...
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Roy Barthlomew September 6, 1995 700+ words
...coloured and white contemporaries, Jelly Roll, or to give him his real name...whorehouse, the 15-year-old Jelly Roll moved to Biloxi, Mississippi...librarian Alan Lomax in the biography Mister Jelly Roll, after a rumour spread that he...
- `Jelly Roll!' To Jazz Up City: Off Broadway Sensation Set As Tribute To Black...
- Newspaper article from: New Pittsburgh Courier January 27, 1996 700+ words
`Jelly Roll!' To Jazz Up City: Off Broadway Sensation...jazz comes to life in the Off Broadway hit "Jelly Roll! The Music and the Man," a toe-tapping tribute to the legendary Jelly Roll Morton. The second presentation in The Pittsburgh...
- The Jelly Roll Morton Centennial.
- Magazine article from: National Review De Toledano, Ralph April 1, 1991 700+ words
...aficionados and the jazz critics. But Jelly Roll Morton had a period of fame in the Twenties...composer, vocalist. Like Johannes Brahms, Jelly Roll began his professional career playing...his name to Mouton, and finally became Jelly Roll Morton. Never quite sure when he was...
- Jelly Roll Morton
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1939 700+ words
Archive Photos 01-01-1939 Jelly Roll Morton One of the most important figures in early jazz, Jelly Roll Morton wrote and performed numbers including...Porter Stomp," "London Rag" and "Jelly Roll Blues" that combined the raw passion...
- Early Recordings of Jelly Roll Morton Released
- Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition June 29, 1994 700+ words
00-00-0000 BOB EDWARDS, Host: Jelly Roll Morton said he invented jazz back in...music has been released. [excerpt of Jelly Roll Morton performing on the piano] EDWARDS...sp] wrote the liner notes for the Jelly Roll Morton series. He's professor of music...
- 'Jelly Roll' honors jazz man's sweet sound
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Tribune, The David Hannah May 12, 1995 700+ words
...Philadelphia Tribune, The 05-12-1995 `Jelly Roll' honors jazz man's sweet sound. Often...after their death. Legendary jazz man Jelly Roll Morton's props for pioneering jazz...trying correct with his one-man play, "Jelly Roll." The playwright's salute to Jelly...
- Jazzman Jelly Roll Morton denied what his music couldn't.(Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Pitts, Leonard, Jr. April 6, 1995 700+ words
...know is that jazz's first great man, Jelly Roll Morton, was of mixed heritage. The...voodoo was accorded a healthy respect? Jelly Roll would not allow black to touch him...actor Maurice Hines has the title role as Jelly Roll Morton on his last night on Earth _ taking...
- JELLY ROLL GETS HEALTH-FRIENDLY TREATMENT.(Lifestyle)(Recipe)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) January 7, 1998 700+ words
...ORIGINAL RECIPE: Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Jelly Roll For the roll: 1 cup all-purpose flour...roll: Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line jelly-roll pan with waxed paper. Coat with non...short end, roll up cake with towel, jelly-roll fashion. Let cool on wire rack for 1...
