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Oct 6, 1992 · Jelly and James: Music of "Jelly Roll" Morton and James P. Johnson by Dick Hyman released in 1992. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards...
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Album:Jelly and James: Music of "Jelly Roll" Morton and James P. JohnsonDick Hyman on Organhttp://www.amazon.com/Jelly-James-Music-Morton-Johnson/dp/tracks/B...
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Jan 26, 2007 · Arranger Dick Hyman on piano with an excellent band ensemble doing an incomparable tribute to Jelly Roll Morton and James P. Johnson, two of the "fathers" of jazz. This music will make you want to move your feet.
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Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe ( né Lemott, [2] later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. [3] .
A man whose recordings were gems of the New Orleans style, a musician who could rightly claim to be one of the first generation of jazz musicians, and one of the first performers to tour transcontinentally, no longer had a band and was almost forgotten.
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Apr 2, 2014 · (1890-1941) Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Jelly Roll Morton cut his teeth as a pianist in New Orleans' bordellos. An early innovator in the jazz genre, he rose to fame as the leader of Jelly...
An unlikely encounter between folklore archivist Alan Lomax and jazz composer and pianist Jelly Roll Morton led to some remarkable recordings for the Library of Congress of Morton speaking, singing, and playing.
