Morton was jazzs first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated. Morton s right hand riffs are not characteristic stride figures and the left hand bass notes are an octave higher than you would expect from a fully fledged. Jelly roll morton 78rpm recordings from the 20s to 30s. Rhythmically, tension is created by the juxtaposition of right hand figures in 3 against the left hand in 4. Check out the complete library of congress recordings by jelly roll morton on amazon music. A jelly roll is indeed a us name for what wed call a swiss roll. His generally accepted birth date is october 20, 1890, but his world war i draft registration card listed his birth date as september, 1884, his death certificate listed it as september 1889, and he claims he was. Whoever coined the term jazz is timeless had to have had the pioneering pianistcomposer jelly roll morton uppermost in mind.
Finger buster fingerbreaker by jelly roll morton youtube. Just what is a jelly roll, and why are blues singers so. Jelly roll morton s spanish tinge derives from at least a few different sources. Very likely he came to it as a cuban rhythm known as a habernera and which itself is basically a tresillotwo dotted notes followed by an note without a dot. The complete library of congress recordings wikipedia. Jelly roll morton jelly roll morton 192324 1992, cd. According to liner notes on another release version of this material, it was recorded in 1941 just before jelly roll morton s death during that year. Each cassette was recorded to a single wavformat file. Morton was a colorful character who liked to generate publicity for himself by bragging. In mister jelly roll, alan lomax has incorrectly noted jelly roll morton s fathers name as f. The cd even goes so far as to include steady roll by a novelty band called jelly roll morton s stomp kings. When you are ready to proceed, click combine button.
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Jelly roll morton and his orchestra, deep creek, victor records v38055b, december 6, 1929, victor talking. Jelly roll morton and his red hot peppers jelly roll morton s red hot peppers jelly roll morton s red hot peppers ferdinand joseph lamothe october 20, 1890 july 10, 1941, known professionally as jelly roll morton, was an american ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in new orleans, louisiana. Finger breaker jelly roll morton sheet music for piano. Morton was also the master of ceremonies, bouncer, and bartender of the club. Doctor jazz, black bottom stomp 2002 remastered, mamies blues, wolverine blues, i thought i heard buddy bolden say, biography. Use mdy dates from june articles lacking intext citations from october all articles lacking intext citations articles with hcards jeelly using template. Jelly roll morton what are some of the ways in which trumpeter louis armstrong is so significant in jazz history. The complete library of congress recordings by jelly roll morton.
This particular artistes masculine organ was legendarily massive, so resembling, in size at. Jelly roll morton 20 october 1890 10 july 1941 alternative namestransliterations. Oh, mister jelly a jelly roll morton scrapbook, compiled by william russell, jazz media aps, copenhagen, denmark, 1999, 720 pp 3. When it appeared in 1950, this biography of ferdinand jelly roll morton became an instant classic of jazz literature. Greatest hits contains a good crosssection of jelly roll morton s bestknown rca numbers, including original jelly roll blues, steamboat stomp, black bottom stomp, shreveport stomp, and red hot pepper. Morton, jelly roll jellyroll morton 19231924 amazon. Library of congress artifact added 2006 1926, us billboard 1927 3 weeks, 19 of the 1920s 1926, rym 3 of 1926, guardian jazz 3. Bitte auswahlen, interpret az, interpret za, titel az, titel za, preis aufsteigend, preis. Next up are the first six issued gennett piano solos, then stray singles by morton s jazz band, steamboat four, and stomp kings. If i was whiskey and you was a duck, id dive to the bottom and id never come up. This cd reissue from the british retrieval label has jelly roll morton s first 24 piano solos.
Jelly roll morton the complete library of congress. Select up to 20 pdf files and images from your computer or drag them to the drop area. Morton s piano style was formed from early secondary ragtime and shout, which also evolved separately into the new york school of stride piano. Jelly roll morton wild man blues jelly roll morton wolverine blues all jelly roll morton transcriptions you can order by email and download in pdf, midi, sib, mus, xml and etc digital formats. In 1938, noted musicologist and morton biographer alan lomax conducted a series of interviews with morton at the library of congress. Long time people thought i wrote this tune, i used to sell em little bit of leaf copies for 35 cents. Ferdinand joseph lamothe october 20, 1890 july 10, 1941, known professionally as jelly roll morton, was an american ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. The franklin mint record society, the franklin mint record society, the franklin mint record society, the franklin mint record society.
The finger breaker sheet music download free in pdf or. His business card referred to him as the originator of jazz. The earlier 20 have been issued several times by milestone but it is convenient to have all. Although it doesnt offer anything of interest to jazz purists or completists, greatest hits is a nice sampler for newcomers and casual fans. Jelly roll morton 1 pianist, composer, bandleader a colorful character 2 pioneered jazz style 3 eclectic musical influences 4 recorded musical legacy after the fact 5 selected discography 6 sources 7 when one hears of jazz having its roots in new orleans 8, some of the first jazz. Jelly roll morton born ferdinand joseph lamothe in new orleans, louisiana, 18901941 is hard to distinctly categorize, so he is often just a category unto himself in music. Jelly roll morton king oliver sidney bechet kings of. Jelly roll morton the finger breaker by dick hyman youtube. Combine different pdf documents or other files types like images and merge them into one pdf. Nw ferdinand jelly roll morton october 20, 1890 july 10, 1941 was an american virtuoso pianist, a bandleader, and a composer who some call the first true composer of jazz music. It also does not include the reprint of alan lomaxs book of interviews with morton, mister jelly roll, that was included with rounder 1166118882. Now back in print and updated with a new afterword by lawrence gushee, mister jelly roll will enchant a new generation of readers with the fascinating story of one of the worlds most influential composers of jazz.
This cd features some of the recordings of jelly roll morton made by alan lomax for the library of congress in 1938. A compendium of jelly roll morton jelly roll morton. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. His memory was unimpaired, although he chose to tell things as he. Convert pdf files online without software installation. You reached the maximum number of files for this function. Robert pinsker sends the following article from the chicago defender, dated saturday, 30th april 1921, page 4, column 5. Jelly roll s voice spins out his life in something close to.
Print and download in pdf or midi finger breaker jelly roll morton. His composition jelly roll blues, published in 1915, was one of the first published. A pictorial history of jazz people and places from new orleans to modern jazz, orrin keepnews and bill grauer, jr. This one was a lot easier to read, but some notes seemed innacurate tone wise. He developed the solo format, increased the practical playing range of the trumpet, introduced new techniques to the trumpet. Jelly roll morton king oliver sidney bechet kings of new orleans jazz. George bizet used it in the 19th century in his opera carmen. Jelly roll morton the complete jelly roll morton volumes. In 1938 alan lomax discovered the 1920s jazz legend jelly roll morton managing a small nightclub in washington, d.
Ferdinand joseph lamothe october 20, 1890 july 10, 1941, known professionally as jelly roll morton, was an american ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in new orleans, louisiana. Richard cook and brian morton describe these recordings as jelly roll morton s virtual history of the birth pangs of jazz as it happened in the new orleans of the turn of the century. Jelly roll borrowed from a wide range of other sources, domestic and foreign, highbrow and low. Jelly roll morton and his red hot peppers jelly roll morton s red hot peppers jellyroll morton s red hot peppers. Morton mocked the stiffness of the ragtimers, and dismissed the blues pianists as one tune piano players, so by merging the two forms within his own music, he brought them new sophistication and vitality. The complete library of congress recordings by alan lomax presents the exhaustive recordings made by the sound documentarian. Jelly roll morton was a ragtime and early jazz pianist in the early 1900s, and he was the original cocky frontman. Jelly roll morton s deep creek conveys the melancholy of the rural deep woods south. Select multiple pdf files and merge them in seconds. Recorded with a teac ad500 cassette deck, a desktop computer with a modern soundblaster sound card, and the audio recording program goldwave. Jelly lord by laurie wright, storyville publications, chigwell, essex, 1980, 256 pp 2. Other perennial morton vehicles that are heard in their first versions are the pearls and king porter stomp, while big fat ham and london blues are heard in both band and solo piano versions. Niven collection of jazz history, a cassette recording from the jazz artist jelly roll morton, from the era of 19261928. Being a creole, or mulatto, he grew up in a wonderful musical environment, but one that did not initially foster those who were neither clearly white nor black.
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