The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton
by
Howard Reich, William M. Gaines
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2008
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....