Harlem, the place to be. So hip, Roy Haynes once told me, cats said they would rather go to Harlem than to heaven.

The soul of New Orleans and the spirit of Mardi Gras will live in this celebration of the composers and inspired songs of the Crescent City, the historic epicenter of jazz. From Jelly Roll Morton ...

King Pleasure Sings the Freudian Slips Songbook album review by Nicholas F. Mondello, published on April 1, 2025. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!

In 1961, Irma Thomas had visited the home of Toussaint’s parents, Clarence and Naomi. There, Toussaint had frequently ...

On Tuesday, March 25, the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s "New Orleans ... The performance will consist of music from artists like Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Ellis Marsalis and James Black ...

recordings with the Baby Dodds Trio and collaborations with jazz greats including Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong. But a simple list of accomplishments doesn’t fully explain ...

The audience will be treated to a fascinating and entertaining journey through the piano styles of some of the greats of jazz. Mike writes: “This show features music from Jelly Roll Morton ...

Read more. Place our Musician of the Day widget on your website or blog. ... New Orleans pianist Jelly Roll Morton is widely considered to be jazz's first arranger. Though jazz was considered ...

But at age 14, after seeing the film, YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN, where Kirk Douglas portrays American Jazz trumpeter ... records of Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey ...

"ACB Jazz" fuses ballet with the popular dances of the 1920s and '30s, set to songs by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton and Johnny Dodds, while "Homecoming" - billed as ACB's ...

Jelly Roll Morton and Jerry Lee Lewis. Gray quickly became proficient in boogie-woogie style piano before heading to Capilano University to study jazz. While at Capilano, Gray fell in love with a ...

Jelly Roll Morton was a nimble-fingered pianist and composer with a knack for creating infectious melodies. A larger-than-life character, he claimed to have invented jazz single-handedly in 1902 ...