Jelly's Blues
The Life, Music and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton
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2003
Da Capo Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-306-81209-5 (ISBN)
Da Capo Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-306-81209-5 (ISBN)
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"Jelly's Blues" recounts the tumultuous life of Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941). A virtuoso pianist with a larger-than-life personality, Morton composed such influential early jazz pieces as "Kansas City Stomp" and "New Orleans Blues".
An investigative biography of the first jazz composer, based on newly discovered archival material. . Jelly's Blues vividly recounts the tumultuous life of Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941), born Ferdinand Joseph Lamonthe to a large, extended family in New Orleans. A virtuoso pianist with a larger-than-life personality, he composed such influential early jazz pieces as "Kansas City Stomp" and "New Orleans Blues. " But by the late 1930s, Jelly Roll Morton was nearly forgotten as a visionary jazz composer. Instead, he was caricatured as a braggart, a hustler, and, worst of all, a has-been. He was ridiculed by the white popular press and robbed of due royalties by unscrupulous music publishers. His reputation at rock bottom, Jelly Roll Morton seemed destined to be remembered more as a flamboyant, diamond-toothed rounder than as the brilliant architect of that new American musical idiom: Jazz. In 1992, the death of a New Orleans memorabilia collector unearthed a startling archive.
Here were unknown later compositions as well as correspondence, court and copyright records, all detailing Morton's struggle to salvage his reputation, recover lost royalties, and protect the publishing rights of black musicians. Morton was a much more complex and passionate man than many had realized, fiercely dedicated to his art and possessing an unwavering belief in his own genius, even as he toiled in poverty and obscurity. An especially immediate and visceral look into the jazz worlds of New Orleans and Chicago, Jelly's Blues is the definitive biography of a jazz icon, and a long overdue look at one of the twentieth century's most important composers.
An investigative biography of the first jazz composer, based on newly discovered archival material. . Jelly's Blues vividly recounts the tumultuous life of Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941), born Ferdinand Joseph Lamonthe to a large, extended family in New Orleans. A virtuoso pianist with a larger-than-life personality, he composed such influential early jazz pieces as "Kansas City Stomp" and "New Orleans Blues. " But by the late 1930s, Jelly Roll Morton was nearly forgotten as a visionary jazz composer. Instead, he was caricatured as a braggart, a hustler, and, worst of all, a has-been. He was ridiculed by the white popular press and robbed of due royalties by unscrupulous music publishers. His reputation at rock bottom, Jelly Roll Morton seemed destined to be remembered more as a flamboyant, diamond-toothed rounder than as the brilliant architect of that new American musical idiom: Jazz. In 1992, the death of a New Orleans memorabilia collector unearthed a startling archive.
Here were unknown later compositions as well as correspondence, court and copyright records, all detailing Morton's struggle to salvage his reputation, recover lost royalties, and protect the publishing rights of black musicians. Morton was a much more complex and passionate man than many had realized, fiercely dedicated to his art and possessing an unwavering belief in his own genius, even as he toiled in poverty and obscurity. An especially immediate and visceral look into the jazz worlds of New Orleans and Chicago, Jelly's Blues is the definitive biography of a jazz icon, and a long overdue look at one of the twentieth century's most important composers.
Howard Reich is the veteran jazz cri tic of the Chicago Tribune and winner of the Deems Taylor Award, two William Jones Investigative Rep orting Awards, and three Peter Lisagor Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, among ot her honors.William Gaines retired fro m the Chicago Tribune in 2001, and is a two-time w inner of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative repo rting.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.6.2003 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 16pp b&w photographs |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-306-81209-6 / 0306812096 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-306-81209-5 / 9780306812095 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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