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Morton, Jelly Roll

also:

 La Menthe, Ferdinand Joseph  birth name
 Lemott, Ferdinand Joseph  
 Morton, Ferdinand  birth name

composer, music based on, piano, organ, piano, vocals


born: 20 Sep 1885 Gulfport, Mississippi / state, USA Source: 1  

born: - Gulfport, Louisiana / state, USA Source: 2  
born: 20 Oct 1890 New Orleans, Louisiana / state, USA  
born: ------------ New Orleans, Louisiana / state, USA Source: 3,4,5  

died: 10 Jul 1941 Los Angeles, California / state, USA Source: 1  

date of Variety obit: 16 Jul 1941  

The Music Sack has 418 items with information about Jelly Roll Morton
The first 100 are listed below (to view all 418 items click here)


 1999

Indice Dei Nomi

p. 485-503 In:
Castaldo, Gino
Liperi, Felice
Storia della canzone Italiana
Introduzione di Gino Castaldo
Roma: RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, 1999, 543 p.

Number of People : 1,539


 1998

Index

The above item is part of :
Larkin, Colin
The encyclopedia of popular music
Third edition
New York: Macmillan, 1998, 8 v.

Number of People : 43,747


 1996

Reissues Butch Thompson Plays Jelly Roll Morton Piano Solos.
Cadence 22:40 Sep 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Mancuso, Chuck
Popular music and the underground
Foundations of jazz, blues, country, and rock, 1900-1950
Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1996, 626 p.

Number of People : 288


 1996

Broomer, S.
Licked by all #2
A postage stamp of Jelly Roll Morton
Coda Magazine: N267:34 May-Jun 1996
       port

Number of People : 1


 1996

Reissues The Complete Piano Works of Jelly Roll Morton.
Cadence 22:40 Jan 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Record reviews Ferd "Jelly Roll" Morton.
Jazz Journal International 49:38 Mar 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

[Artist Index]

The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
The Decca labels. A discography. Volume 6
Record numerical listings & general artist index
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996, 958 p.

Number of People : 10,351


 1996

CDs The Chicago Years, 1926-1928.
Mississippi Rag: 23:32 Mar 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

[Index of Names]

The above item is part of :
Bloom, Ken
American song
The complete musical theater companion: 1877-1995. Volume 2: T-Z and indexes
Second edition
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 2093 p.

Number of People : 24,881


 1996

African American composers

The above item is part of :
Horne, Aaron
Baker, David N.
Brass music of black composers : a bibliography
Compiled by Aaron Horne
Foreword by David N. Baker
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996

Number of People : 262


 1995

Dapogny, James Elliot
Hyman, D.
Two views of Frog-I-More Rag
Piano Today 15:38-45 N4 1995
       mus score

Number of People : 1


 1995

World view Wanted : Jelly Roll piano rolls
Keyboard 21:14 Jul 1995
       port

Number of People : 1


 1995

Record reviews The Quintessence.
Jazz Journal International 48:34 Aug 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Record reviews Jelly's Best Jam.
New Orleans Music 5:30-31 N5 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Distler, J.
The man who 'invented jazz' is heading for a comeback : Jelly's rolls
Piano Today 15:4-5+ N4 1995
       cover port ports

Number of People : 1


 1995

Broadbent, Terry
Broadbent, Marguerite
The melody lingers on
By Marguerite and Terry Broadbent
Wilmslow, Cheshire: North West Player Piano Association, 1995, 192 p.

Number of People : 10


 1995

Neue CDs Sweet & Hot.
Jazz Podium 44:82 May 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Pedersen, J.
The third hand
Listen To Norway 3:42-4 N2 1995
       discog

Number of People : 1


 1995

Doerschuk, R.L.
Dick Hyman : past tenths & other musical highlights of jazz piano history
Keyboard 21:56-63+ Jan 1995
       mus ports

Number of People : 1


 1994

Schallplattenbesprechungen The Library of Congress Recordings.
Jazz Podium 43:74+ Mar 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

Reissues Jelly Roll Morton : Vol. 1, Kansas City Stomp (CD)
Cadence 20:81-2 Aug 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

Reissues Jelly Roll Morton : Vol. 2, Anamule Dance (CD)
Cadence 20:81-2 Aug 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

From the archive (Jelly Roll Morton
The Library of Congress Recordings, Volumes One-Four (Rounder CD))
Living Blues N116:57 Jul-Aug 1994
       port

Number of People : 1


 1994

Legit reviews Road
Variety 357:56 Nov 14 1994
       Note: Jelly's Last Jam, Shubert Theater, Boston

Number of People : 1


 1994

Kennedy, R.
The music of Jelly Roll Morton
Mississippi Rag: 21:14-16 Jun 1994
       il port
       Note: excerpt from the book Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz

Number of People : 1


 1994

Reissues Jelly Roll Morton : Vol. 4, Winin' Boy Blues (CD)
Cadence 20:81-2 Aug 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

Reissues Jelly Roll Morton : Vol. 3, The Pearls (CD)
Cadence 20:81-2 Aug 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

Morton, Jelly Roll
"I created jazz in 1902, not W.C. Handy"
Down Beat 61:10+ Jul 1994
       port
       Note: August & September 1938 issue

Number of People : 1


 1994

Balen, Noel
L'odyssee du jazz
Paris: Liana Levi, 1994, 767 p.

Number of People : 93


 1994

CD reviews The Pearls.
Jazztimes: 24:81-2 N5 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

CD reviews Kansas City Stomp.
Jazztimes: 24:81-2 N5 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

Record reviews His Best Recordings 1926-1939.
Jazz Journal International 47:45-6 Sep 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

CD reviews Animule Dance
Jazztimes: 24:81-2 N5 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

Handy, William Christopher
"I would not play jazz if I could"
Down Beat 61:14+ Jul 1994
       Note: August 1938 issue

Number of People : 1


 1994

In review Recordings : the Library of Congress Recordings
Keyboard 20:28 Oct 1994
       ports

Number of People : 1


 1994

Evans, G.
Jelly jams again, on revived tour
Variety 355:91+ Jun 27 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

CDs Original Versions of the Music Inspiring Jelly's Last Jam & Other Morton Classics.
Mississippi Rag: 21:28 Feb 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

CD reviews Winin' Boy Blues.
Jazztimes: 24:81-2 N5 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

Kernfeld, Barry Dean
Rye, H.
Comprehensive discographies of jazz, blues, and gospel : part one
Notes 51:510-11 N2 1994
       notes

Number of People : 1


 1994

Cameos
Village Voice: 39:104 Sep 13 1994
       Note: Vernel Bagneris's Jelly Roll

Number of People : 1


 1994

Monceaux, Morgan
Marsalis, Wynton
Jazz : my music, my people
By Morgan Monceaux
Foreword by Wynton Marsalis
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994, 64 p.

Number of People : 38


 1994

U.S. government issues murder music
Rock & Rap Confidential: N113:3 Mar 1994
       Note: Smithsonian Institution reissue of explicit Jelly Roll Morton recordings

Number of People : 1


 1994

Narvaez, P.
The influences of Hispanic music cultures on African-American blues musicians
Black Music Research Journal 14:203-24 N2 1994
       bibliog discog notes

Number of People : 1


 1994

Rockbeat Federal filth
Village Voice: 39:76 Jan 25 1994
       Note: Rounder recordings of Jelly Roll Morton singing crude lyrics

Number of People : 1


 1993

Deffaa, Chip
Two takes on Jelly Roll Morton
Coda Magazine: N248:14-15 Mar-Apr 1993
       port

Number of People : 1


 1993

Jazz-blues recordings Original Versions of the Music Inspiring Jelly's Last Jam & Other Morton Classics
Audio 77:97 Feb 1993
       port

Number of People : 1


 1993

Pfaff, T.
Upbeats : Jelly jamboree
Piano & Keyboard N160:20 Jan-Feb 1993
       port

Number of People : 1


 1993

Gerard, Jeremy
Noises off Jelly role
Variety 352:25 Aug 23 1993
       Note: Brian Mitchell replaces Gregory Hines in Jelly's Last Jam

Number of People : 1


 1993

Record reviews Vol. 2 1928-1939 Didn't He Ramble
Jazz Journal International 46:34 Mar 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Harding, G.
Red Hot Peppers
Oj--Orkester Journalen 61:16-19 Jul-Aug 1993
       biog il port

Number of People : 1


 1993

Record reviews The Chronological 1939-40.
Jazz Journal International 46:34 Mar 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Reviews Off-Broadway (Vernel Bagneris Presents Jelly Roll Morton; a Me-morial) (Michael's Pub)
Variety 350:71 Mar 8 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Record reviews Vol. 1 1926-1927 Doctor Jazz
Jazz Journal International 46:34 Mar 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

CD reviews New York, Washington and the Rediscovery.
Jazztimes: 23:68-9 N4 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Record reviews Volume 4 : 1928-1929.
Jazz Journal International 46:32-3 Dec 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Thompson, B.
Why Jelly Roll still matters
Down Beat 60:34-5 Aug 1993
       il port

Number of People : 1


 1993

Record reviews Mr Jelly Lord.
Jazz Journal International 46:30 Jun 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

CD reviews Chicago : the Red Hot Peppers.
Jazztimes: 23:68-9 N4 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

CD reviews The Pianist and Composer.
Jazztimes: 23:68-9 N4 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Jazz Giants

p. 92 In:
Fordham, John
Jazz
London: A Dorling Kindersley Book, 1993, 216 p.

Number of People : 20


 1993

Lombardi, Giorgio
New Orleans, Chicago, New York
Retrospettiva sul jazz tradizionale alla ricerca di un patrimonio da salvare
Anzco: De Rubeis, 1993, 375 p.

Number of People : 64


 1993

Record reviews The Best of Jelly Roll Morton.
Jazz Journal International 46:35-6 Nov 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Harding, G.
Oh, Mister Jelly!
Oj--Orkester Journalen 61:2-6 May 1993
       biog port

Number of People : 1


 1993

Harding, G.
Winding boy
Oj--Orkester Journalen 61:16-19 Jun 1993
       biog il port

Number of People : 1


 1993

Megill, Donald D.
Demory, Richard S.
Introduction to jazz history
3rd edition
By Donald D. Megill and Richard S. Demory
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1993, 337 p.

Number of People : 37


 1993

Harding, G.
Jelly Roll blues
Oj--Orkester Journalen 61:16-19+ Sep 1993
       il ports

Number of People : 1


 1992

Mandel, Howard
Bedrock beauties (1923/24)
Down Beat 59:51 Aug 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Mandel, Howard
Bedrock beauties
Down Beat 59:50 Aug 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Deffaa, Chip
Bagneris and Larsen offer the real Jelly Roll Morton
Mississippi Rag: 20:25-6 Dec 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Record reviews Volume 1 (1923-24)
Jazz Journal International 45:42 Nov 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

On stage
Billboard 104:65 May 16 1992
       illustr.
       Note: Jelly's Last Jam, Virginia Theater, NYC

Number of People : 1


 1992

Record reviews The Chronological 1930-39.
Jazz Journal International 45:42 Nov 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Record reviews His Complete Victor Recordings : Volumes 1-5.
New Orleans Music 3:36 N5 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Record reviews 1924-1926.
Jazz Journal International 45:28-9 Sep 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.

Number of People : 5,680

More Details : (1 Section)


 1992

Record reviews 1929-1930.
Jazz Journal International 45:29-30 Sep 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Record reviews 1926-1928.
Jazz Journal International 45:28-9 Sep 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Roach, Hildred
Black American music : past and present
Second edition
Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, 1992, 3668 p.

Number of People : 119

More Details : (2 Sections)


 1992

Record reviews Volume 2 (1924-26)
Jazz Journal International 45:42 Nov 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Reissues Mr. Jelly Lord (CD)
Cadence 18:26-8 Jun 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Reviews / television
Variety 349:32 Nov 2 1992
       Note: Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway

Number of People : 1


 1992

Videos Salute to Jelly Roll Morton.
Mississippi Rag: 20:44 Dec 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Cameos
Village Voice: 37:112+ May 5 1992
       Note: Jelly's Last Jam at the Virginia Theatre

Number of People : 1


 1992

Thompson, B.
Jelly's Last Jam strikes wrong note
Mississippi Rag: 19:32 Aug 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Dorough, Prince
Popular-music culture in America
New York: Ardsley House Publishers Inc., c1992, 352 p.

Number of People : 96


 1992

Blanc, Michael la
Contemporary musicians volume 7
Edited by Michael LaBlanc
Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1992, 291 p.

Number of People : 62


 1992

Record reviews Volume Four.
Jazz Journal International 45:33 Jan 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Gribetz, S.
Dave Burrell : gathering Morton's pearls
Jazztimes: 22:8 N1 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Deffaa, Chip
Out & about in New York Jelly Roll Morton
Crescendo & Jazz Music 29:11-12 N6 1992-1993
       port

Number of People : 1


 1992

Gerard, Jeremy
PPV rolls on to Broadway with Hines in a Jam
Polygram announces Jelly Roll telecast
Variety 346:111+ Mar 23 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Reviews / Broadway
Variety 347:85-6 Apr 27 1992
       Note: Jelly's Last Jam
       Note: Virginia Theater

Number of People : 1


 1991

Reviews His Complete Victor Recordings
Folk Roots N96:43 Jun 1991
       port

Number of People : 1


 1991

Shewey, D.
Theater Enter jamming
Village Voice: 36:97-8 Apr 30 1991
       Note: musical: Jelly's Last Jam at Mark Taper Forum, L.A.

Number of People : 1


 1991

Schallplattenbesprechungen His Complete Victor-Recordings.
Jazz Podium 40:72 Dec 1991

Number of People : 1


 1991

Die Raritat : the Centennial : His Complete Victor Recordings
Stereoplay N7:190 Jul 1991
       port

Number of People : 1


 1991

Giddins, Gary
Letters Jelly Roll blues. O. Keepnews. Reply
Village Voice: 36:5-6 Mar 26 1991

Number of People : 1


 1991

Gerard, Jeremy
Hines taps Hines for juicy Jelly role
Variety 344:75 Sep 30 1991
       Note: jazz musical Jelly's Last Jam

Number of People : 1


 1991

A record review : Volume 1.
Second Line: 43:11-12 Fall 1991

Number of People : 1


 1991

Reviews / resident
Variety 342:92 Mar 18 1991
       Note: musical: Jelly's Last Jam

Number of People : 1


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