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Title: Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton by Howard Reich, William Gaines, William M. Gaines ISBN: 0-306-81209-6 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent and lively biographical survey
Comment: Jelly's Blues is Howard Reich and William Gaines's collaborative biography of jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton and recounts his birth to a large extended family in New Orleans in 1885, his rise to fame as a virtuoso pianist, and his flamboyant mark on the jazz world. From Jelly Roll Morton's struggles with poverty and obscurity to his journeys through jazz, Jelly's Blues provides an excellent and lively biographical survey.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Biography That Reads Like a Mystery Story
Comment: This tragic tale of the life of Jelly Roll Morton is a real page turner. You just have to read "one more chapter" to find out: How did he get that name? How did he rise to musical glory? What caused his down fall? Will things turn out better in the end?
There is history, music, licentious tales (New Orleans was really wild!) and life lessons to be found within these pages.
This biography is based on a cache of newly found documents which lends an immediacy to the telling. The authors are professionals who have researched every possible collaborating document. You can trust that you are getting the true telling of this gifted, yet flawed and ultimately tragic figure.
You'll enjoy the read and be haunted by the story for some time to come.
Rating: 4
Summary: A sad tale of injustice
Comment: The editorial reviews rightly praise this wonderful investigative piece based on a strong archive of Jelly Roll materials. The latter half of Jelly Roll's story is a tragedy and even worse, one that has not really been redressed as two charges are quite clear: (1) ASCAP and two of Morton's publishers still owe considerable sums to his estate that has never been paid and (2) Morton's last will was signed under duress and his wife and sisters and their heirs are still not receiving the sizeable amounts due them even this many years later. Meanwhile individuals that Morton either never knew or violently detested, some of them rather racist, have profited greatly. One only hopes that someday this will be set right and at least some justice served, even if too late for Morton's own life.
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Title: Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz" by Alan Lomax, Dacid Stone Martin, Lawrence Gushee, David Stone Martin ISBN: 0520225309 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 05 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Louis Armstrong: The Offstage Story of Satchmo by Michael Cogswell ISBN: 1888054816 Publisher: Collectors Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title:Jelly Roll Morton: 1926-1930 ASIN: B00004WK09 Publisher: Jsp Records Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $28.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $25.99 |
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Title: Just for a Thrill: Lil Hardin Armstrong, First Lady of Jazz by James L. Dickerson ISBN: 0815411952 Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Dead Man Blues: Jelly Roll Morton Way Out West by Phil Pastras, Philip Pastras ISBN: 0520236874 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 06 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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