Ebook {Epub PDF} Jellys Blues: The Life Music And Redemption Of Jelly Roll Morton by Howard Reich

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (September 20, c. – J), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated. His composition "Jelly Roll Blues", published in , was one of the first. Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton, Hardcover by Reich, Howard; Gaines, William, ISBN , ISBN , Acceptable Condition, Free shipping in the US Shares the virtually uncelebrated life of jazz composer Jelly Roll Morton, from his introduction into music, to his sharp decline in popularity, to the revival of his music following the discovery of his . Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton. by. Howard Reich, William M. Gaines. · Rating details · 61 ratings · 4 reviews. Jelly's Blues vividly recounts the tumultuous life of Jelly Roll Morton (), born Ferdinand Joseph /5.

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Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton (Paperback or Softback) Reich, Howard Published by Da Capo Press 5/26/ (). Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton. by. Howard Reich, William M. Gaines. · Rating details · 61 ratings · 4 reviews. Jelly's Blues vividly recounts the tumultuous life of Jelly Roll Morton (), born Ferdinand Joseph Lamonthe to a large, extended family in New Orleans. Reich and Gaines avoid such tell-all sensationalism. Here they stick to a straitlaced tale with an underlying theme of, well, Morton's search for respectability. This Jelly Roll is not a raconteur and libertine, but a misunderstood genius and tireless reformer.