Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton published the first recognized jazz music, “The Jelly Roll Blues,” in 1915, and with his band ...
Alain Gerber is a noted writer on jazz but also, to the wider French public, a highly acclaimed writer of fiction. He has ...
Take Me to the River, Barbican, London EC2 ★★★★ The rhythms and colours of Mardi Gras came to wintry ...
Performing reverent yet exciting renditions of such seminal NOLA classics as Jelly Roll Morton’s ‘Animule Ball,’ Louis Armstrong’s ‘Back O’ Town Blues,’ the Zippers also perform ...
Before long, he was recording music with Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton. His playing style was described as having a ...
New Orleans electro-pop musician 19th Moon will perform music from her recently released album, “Unfolded,” in an intimate ...
The eighty-seven-year-old pianist, bandleader, and Jazz Master is a living link between mambo and salsa—and he’s never been busier.
The company, formed in the 1960s, was founded by Gus Giordano, who visited New Orleans almost 100 years ago and learned to dance the Charleston listening to Jelly Roll Morton's "Shoe Shiner's Drag." ...
Never heard of Johann Wanhal or Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf? The wonderful Academy of Ancient Music made you feel you should ...
Late in the film, the music shifts to a seemingly improvised jazz piece by pianist Jelly Roll Morton, which he introduces as "A kind of jazz music. You can apply it to any type of tune. It depends on ...