Mister Jelly Roll

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Mister Jelly Roll is a biographical book by folklorist Alan Lomax that chronicles the life and music of early jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton through extensive interviews and storytelling.

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instanceOf biography ⓘ
book ⓘ
about African American musical culture ⓘ
Creole culture in New Orleans ⓘ
blues ⓘ
ragtime ⓘ
author Alan Lomax ⓘ
basedOn interviews with Jelly Roll Morton ⓘ
contains folkloric commentary ⓘ
musical anecdotes ⓘ
song lyrics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describes development of New Orleans jazz ⓘ
early jazz history ⓘ
life of Jelly Roll Morton ⓘ
documentedBy Alan Lomax fieldwork ⓘ
genre jazz literature ⓘ
music biography ⓘ
hasContributor Library of Congress (field recordings source) ⓘ
hasFormat print ⓘ
hasInfluenced jazz historiography ⓘ
oral history methods in music studies ⓘ
hasPerspective first-person narrative by Jelly Roll Morton as told to Alan Lomax ⓘ
language English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressSubject Jazz musicians—United States—Biography ⓘ
Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890–1941 ⓘ
mainSubject Jelly Roll Morton ⓘ
narrativeForm oral history ⓘ
notableFor first major biography of a jazz musician ⓘ
use of vernacular speech and storytelling ⓘ
publicationYear 1950 ⓘ
publisher Duell, Sloan and Pearce ⓘ
relatedWork The Land Where the Blues Began ⓘ
settingPlace Chicago ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
Storyville, New Orleans ⓘ
subjectField jazz ⓘ
subjectOccupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
timePeriodCovered Storyville era ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
titleCharacter Jelly Roll Morton ⓘ

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