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Jelly's blues: the life, music, and redemption of Jelly Roll Morton

Name: Jelly's blues: the life, music, and redemption of Jelly Roll Morton
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ISBN: 9780786741762

Morton, Jelly Roll;Morton;Gaines, William;Reich, Howard

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Jelly's Blues recounts the tumultuous life of Jelly Roll Morton (ca., 18851941). A virtuoso pianist with a larger-than-life personality, he composed such influential early jazz pieces as "King Porter Stomp" and "New Orleans Blues." However, by the late 1930s, he was nearly forgotten. In 1992, the death of an eccentric memorabilia collector led to the unearthing of a startling archive, revealing Morton to be a much more complex and passionate man than many realized. An especially immediate and visceral look into the jazz worlds of New Orleans and Chicago, Jelly's Blues is a definitive biography, a long overdue look at one of the twentieth century's most important composers.

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Year:

2022

Publisher:

Da Capo Press City: Cambridge;United States

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

0786741767

ISBN 13:

9780786741762