Jelly Roll Morton News

On the recent solo piano record Freakish , however, Coleman tackles the post-ragtime proto-jazz of Jelly Roll Morton, playing it with the precision and zeal of a passionate preservationist.

Paul Asaro is known as one of the finest among a select group of pianists who perform the demanding, two-handed piano styles – including the stride piano of Fats Waller, the New Orleans styles of Jelly Roll Morton, the ragtime of Scott Joplin and Eubie Blake, plus stomps, boogie-woogie and swing.

Drenched in jazz and Afro-Caribbean idioms, Michel Camilo's attractive Piano Concerto No.

Patrick Jarenwattananon at A Blog Supreme has thrown down the gauntlet once again, this time asking which jazz albums should be included in a list of the decade's finest.

Back in December 1964, pianist Bob Greene , cornetist Ernie Carson , tubaist Shorty Johnson and banjoist Steve Larner went into the studio to record this set of New Orleans tunes.

NEC faculty member Anthony Coleman digs self-proclaimed jazz founder Jelly Roll Morton enough that the noted avant-garde performer dedicated his most recent records to Morton's dusty compositions.

In his blog I Witness , Ed Leimbacher muses about the pervasiveness of Thelonious Monk as a model for or influence on other pianists.

Entering pianist Taslimah Bey's Rochester Hills townhouse, you'll immediately notice two things.

All About Jazz is celebrating Jelly Roll Morton's birthday today! Jelly Roll Morton The city of New Orleans has the distinction of being the A a Eoebirthplace of jazzA a a so its appropriate that in New Orleans in or around 1885 to 1890 would be born the self-proclaimed A a A"inventor of jazzA a A ... more Follow Jelly Roll Morton Visit website ...

Great composers put heavy demands on the people who play their music. No matter how long ago they wrote the tunes that continue inspire after they are gone, their presence continues to hover over the music, almost haunting the pianos that would crank out their concertos and rags.

Pianist Marcus Roberts, who performed Tuesday night at the Dakota jazz club, hasn't achieved household-name status among jazz fans - yet, anyway.

When the veracity of the history of twentieth-century art is evaluated, what will be found in the proverbial time capsule? Where will "The Music," which Jelly Roll Morton christened as jass , sit with the works that were created by important composers, ranging from Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, and John Coltrane, to Thelonious Monk, , George ...

Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong , which comes out in December, is about to go to the printer.

Posted by DAVID N. DUNKLE, Of The Patriot-News Thursday August 13, 2009, 4:53 PM Categories: Entertainment Leon Redbone will perform Aug.

Music has a rich history in southern Louisiana. Not only have some of the greatest musical traditions been born here, some of the most influential musicians have started here as well.

American music defines African American culture. It is as broad as, the legacy of its people and as of Marian Anderson at the Metropolitan Opera, W.C. Handy's blues on Memphis' Basin Street, Mahalia Jackson's Gospel, Count Basie's blues, Sam Cooke, Duke Ellington, Lady Day, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, Miles Davis, Lightning Hopkins, Nat King ...

Also known as tone clusters, cluster chords usually consist of at least three consecutive tones in a scale, played simultaneously.

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band has been up for big challenges in the past with its bracing, innovative blend of traditional New Orleans sounds and modern jazz sensibilities.