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PBS investigates rare Gennett recording Palladium-Item Gennett Records gave opportunity and recorded voice to the likes of Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and countless black jazz and blues singers. It opened its studios to other recording customers as well during the early 20th century, ...
Thousands of legendary recordings from folklorist Alan Lomax will be available ... Something Else! Reviews Folklorist Alan Lomax spent his life making priceless recordings of some of the most important early figures in American music — from his famed recordings of Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter to Jelly Roll Morton, from Muddy Waters to Woody Guthrie.
Theater: "Ebony Embers, Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance" Connect Savannah.com Music by the great composers of the Jazz Age (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Jelly Roll Morton) and African American composers of classical music. Presented by Savannah Technical College. A Black History Month event. Free and open to the public.
And all that Dixieland Jazz Tri City Voice The unique sound took shape at the turn of the twentieth century with compositions by Jelly Roll Morton that were born in the South, traveled to Chicago and enveloped the world. Jazz is powerful music evoking the experience of disenfranchised Black and ...
Alan Lomax collection goes online Telegraph.co.uk He was famed for his recordings of blues singer Huddie Leadbelly and for jazz fans, Lomax's reputation was sealed by his recordings with Jelly Roll Morton. He also made some of the first recordings of Muddy Waters and Woody Guthrie. Alan Lomax archives set to stream for freeSoundSpike
Wynton Marsalis: Swinging into the 21st PopMatters The two tribute albums contained in the box—Mr. Jelly Lord and Marsalis Plays Monk, discs six and two in the set, respectively, and both part of his Standard Time series—pay homage to two of the most important jazz artists in history: Jelly Roll...
Vibraphonist Cocuzzi to GO play at jazz festival StarNewsOnline.com None of those names carry the instant recognition of Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton or Nat King Cole. But for Cocuzzi, who will play Feb. 2-4 at the 32nd annual NC Jazz Festival at the Wilmington Hilton Riverside, their styles influenced the way he ...
Guitar-clarinet duo performs in Eastham Wicked Local Their rich repertoire ranges from jazz to folk and includes Gershwin, Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and many others. Doors open at 7:30 pm Tickets are $16 at the door; children are free. For more information, call (508) 255-5438 or go to ...
Area fingers giving Leon Redbone a hand Bloomington Pantagraph The two-handed solo style requires equal facility at either end as it continues the tradition of jazz and ragtime masters like Fats Waller, Eubie Blake and Jelly Roll Morton. "I've been very fortunate to have him," says Redbone with clear-cut gratitude ...
UT Martin kicks off Black History Month UTM Pacer The program included various pieces of literature and music from the Harlem Renaissance, including music from Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus, as well as concert music by Jeffrey Mumford and George ...
