Genres: Dixieland, Classic Jazz, New Orleans Jazz Active: 30's, 40's Born: December 31, 1969 in New Orleans, LA
Richard M. Jones, Eubie Blake, W.C. Handy, Lovie Austin, James P. Johnson, Lil Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Clarence Williams, King Oliver, Bennie Moten, Thomas Morris, Freddie Keppard, Art Hodes, Lem Fowler, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Blythe, Joe Robichaux, Lu Watters, Original Dixieland Jazz Band Don Ewell, Art Hodes, Dick Hyman, Mike Westbrook, Lonnie Liston Smith, Turk Murphy, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Dave Burrell, Bob Brookmeyer, Little Brother Montgomery, Al Bundy, Ikey Robinson, The Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, Boilermaker Jazz Band, Mike Walbridge, Lu Watters, Bob Scobey, Glorytellers, Steve Hancoff |  |
One of the very first giants of jazz, Jelly Roll Morton did himself a lot of harm posthumously by exaggerating his worth, claiming to have invented jazz in 1902. Morton's accomplishments as an early innovator are so vast that he did not really need to stretch the truth.
Morton was jazz's first great composer, writing such songs as "King Porter Stomp," "Grandpa's Spells," "Wolverine Blues," "The Pearls," "Mr. Jelly Roll," "Shreveport Stomp," "Milenburg Joys," "Black Bottom Stomp," "The Chant," "Original Jelly Roll Blues," "Doctor Jazz," "Wild Man Blues," "Winin' Boy Blues," "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say," "Don't You Leave Me Here," and "Sweet Substitute." He was a talented arranger (1926's "Black Bottom Stomp" is remarkable), getting the most out of the three-minute limitations of the 78 record by emphasizing changing instrumentation, concise solos and dynamics.
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Release: May 27, 2008
Label: B.D. Jazz
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Release: February 6, 2007
Label: Rounder
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