This history of jazz is more a primer on how to listen to it Nov 22, 2009
A recording of Jelly Roll Morton s Dead Man Blues or Sarah Vaughan s Baby, Won t You Please Come Home. is scrutinized and annotated, with authors notes explaining what happens as the tune begins, eight seconds into it, and on and on. (Boston Globe)
Pianist Mayer energizes audience Oct 26, 2009
His ragtime and jazzy tunes from Jelly Roll Morton and Art Tatum caused a mass eruption of satisfied laughs from the audience. Mayer stressed the importance of getting students and young people out to these concerts. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Pianist back by popular demand Oct 22, 2009
But Mayer is also known to include pieces by American composers who were some of the most influential names in early jazz and ragtime, including Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton and Art Tatum. The concert is part of a series funded by the Adams Foundation, which strives to bring quality musicians to small cities and venues. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
The S.F. Jazz Festival lineup Oct 5, 2009
Henry Butler, 8 p.m. Oct. 24, San Francisco Conservatory of Music: The blind New Orleans native carries on in the rowdy tradition of Crescent City greats such as Jelly Roll Morton and Professor Longhair. Poncho Sanchez, 8 p.m. Oct. 24, Herbst Theatre: The conga king is not only a Latin-jazz icon but throws one hell of a party. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
* Verve preserve Aug 28, 2009
The musicians who appeared regularly at Preservation Hall began touring as a band in 1963, and the groups members were at the heart of the jazz revolution, having performed with jazz pioneers such as Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong. The band, whose musicians span several generations, continues today as part family affair, part musical mentorship. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Lawrence Lucie; guitarist kept rhythm for jazz greats Aug 21, 2009
And he was the last living musician known to have recorded with the New Orleans jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton. Lawrence Lucie was born in Emporia, Va. (Boston Globe)
Music: the week ahead Aug 20, 2009
In a solo performance, he celebrates The Bright Mississippi, his new album featuring the seminal compositions of Crescent City forebears Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, and Joe King Oliver, among others. 8 p.m. and $10 p.m. Aug. 20. (Boston Globe)
• Fresh-air choreography: Contemporary ballet company that settled in Idaho will perform in Sun Valley Aug 14, 2009
The Trey McIntyre Project performed it live with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, whose charter members included Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton. "I was intrigued by the New Orleans people's unique view of death - how they incorporate their idea of being here and not being here," McIntyre said. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Orange County Great Park Announces 'Flights and Sounds of Summer' Dance and Concert Series Jul 28, 2009
Classic jazz from the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, Jabbo Smith, Sam Morton and the New Orleans Owls - this unique American music explodes on stage with all the excitement and sizzle and satisfaction that defined the French Quarter 70 years ago. Vappie's virtuosic banjo fronts a bold horn section, piano, bass and drums. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Middle-schoolers free their metal mindset with a little jazz Jul 11, 2009
Those sources, MacDonald says, include trumpeter Louis Armstrong, pianist Jelly Roll Morton, trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke, trombonist Edward Kid Ory, clarinetist/saxophonist Sidney Bechet and bandleader and trumpeter King Oliver. Public Display of Rock doesn t plan on becoming Public Display of Dixieland. (Winona Daily News, MN)
John D. Hale Band headlines this year's Fulton Street Fair Jun 3, 2009
You are apt to hear anything from Jelly Roll Morton to Count Basie and all the stops in between. The band uses the five-horn front line typical of such bands as those of Matty Matlock, Billy Maxted and Red Nichols. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Allen Toussaint, 'The Bright Mississippi' May 11, 2009
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pianist and R&B hitmaker ("Lady Marmalade," "Workin' in a Coal Mine") revisits jazz classics by Duke Ellington, Leonard Feather, Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, Django Reinhardt, and Thelonious Monk and takes them for a stroll through Preservation Hall, imbuing his own funky brand of pop-song charisma. The results are coolly sophisticated, an unfussy, mostly instrumental set of slink-and-slide joints shot through with a harmonic imagination that turns even a... (Boston Globe)
Sacramento Jazz Fest May 7, 2009
Led by Allred on trombone, this group draws upon the sounds of Jelly Roll Morton, Count Basie and others. "It's just a tremendous band," Berthelsen said. (KCRA 3, CA)
Picks: Why we chose 'em May 1, 2009
Don Vappie & the Creole Jazz Serenaders5:55 p.m., Economy Hall TentGambit: Banjo player Don Vappie leads a full jazz orchestra that focuses on the jazz styles of the 1920s through the 1940s, playing everything from the music of Jelly Roll Morton to Duke Ellington. SUN., APRIL 26. (WWLTV.com, LA)
NEW ALBUMS: Let the music of this year's Jazz Fest come to you Apr 28, 2009
Joe Henry produces tunes by jazz legends from Jelly Roll Morton to Duke Ellington. Toussaint is joined by clarinetist Don Byron, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, guitarist Marc Ribot, bassist David Piltch and percussionist Jay Bellerose. (USA Today -- Life)
Gypsy Schaeffer to perform at Ryles Mar 10, 2009
"New Album" has a track for just about every mood - "Identity Crisis," "Black Friday," "Exuberant Irrationalism," "Call to Arms," "Live a Little," and the adorable "Grape Soda and Pretzels." The local modern avant-garde jazz quartet took its name from a New Orleans bordello where Jelly Roll Morton played piano. Andy Voelker on sax, Joel Yennior on trombone, Jef Charland on bass, and Chris Punis on drums will celebrate their new album at tonight's CD release party. (Boston Globe)
US coin gets that swing - by featuring jazz great Duke Ellington Feb 26, 2009
In the early 20th Century he made his hometown of Washington DC a top destination for jazz, along with talents like Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald. The director of the US Mint, Ed Moy, said Duke Ellington was an inspirational figure to have on a coin as he "was equal parts talent, hard work, passion and perseverance". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
U Street in Washington D.C. charts path of racial progress Feb 19, 2009
Over the years, America s jazz, soul and blues greats performed: Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway; pianist Jelly Roll Morton; trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis; saxophonist John Coltrane and others. So did Aretha Franklin, who ll sing at Obama s inauguration. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
