The 'Spill (Free subscription) | yesterday
(I think BLimpy's posted this video on the 'Spill before, so I'll try to think of something else, but it is very vimmy) Elmore James - Rollin and Tumblin Isley Brothers - Shout Herb Alpert - Taste of Honey Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Hyena Stomp Lee Perry - Soul Fire Carlos Malcolm - Bonanza Ska Dick Dale - Miserlou Twist Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the...
Cobwebs and /Strange (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Not what one might expect, but Jelly Roll and his Chicago ensemble cranked out some fine, old tyme dance tunes. Some are more sultry than others…you know… BLOGLOAD: Birth of the Hot (The Classic Chicago Red Hot Peppers Sessions)
Hitch's miscellania (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A direct quote from a certain application on Facebook: "iLike will alert you by email when Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, or another artist you like announces a concert near you."
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
In his blog I Witness, Ed Leimbacher muses about the pervasiveness of Thelonious Monk as a model for or influence on other pianists. In an essay packed with album citations, he acknowledges 18 pianists from Jelly Roll Morton to Keith...
Woody Haut's Blog (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Today, October 20th, might be Jelly Roll Morton's one hundredth birthday.
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
All About Jazz is celebrating Jelly Roll Morton's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jelly Roll MortonThe city of New Orleans has the distinction of being the a€~birthplace of jazza€(TM) so its appropriate that in New Orleans in or around 1885 to 1890 would be born the self-proclaimed a€oeinventor of jazza€ ... more...
The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
The United States Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Galatasaray SK was formed in 1905. The Long March ended in 1935 and, boy, were Mao's feet tired. Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis in 1968. The Sydney Opera House opened in 1973 and tragedy struck a UEFA Cup match at Lenin Stadium in Moscow between FC Spartak and HFC Haarlem in 1983. Spartak supporters were crushed as some...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Great composers put heavy demands on the people who play their music. No matter how long ago they wrote the tunes that continue inspire after they are gone, their presence continues to hover over the music, almost haunting the pianos that would crank out their concertos and rags. It takes work to deal with these ghosts. Perhaps this is why it took Anthony Coleman five years to complete his special...
Isomatic UK Weblog (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
This evening we went to the Berrylands Hotel in Surbiton, to see The Magna jazz band with one change to the standard personnel; Denny Ilett (trumpet, pictured with hat mute). Favourite numbers were: 1. Snag It , written by Joe "King" Oliver and played by his band on this link. He recorded the song with his Dixie Syncopators in Chicago in 1926. 2. Climax Rag , composed by James Scott and played...
Me~Tronome (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Don’t Miss This Special Event at Columbia College, Chicago: Poetry and Music, a creATive TaLK Since Kenneth Rexroth first collaborated with jazz musicians (but then Jelly Roll Morton claimed to have collaborated with authors, as well) poetry and music have enjoyed a special relationship. The category ranges far and wide: Brecht's Threepenny Opera, Allen Ginsberg's manic rock combos, modern hip-hop,...
Locust St. (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
The Imperial Roman Jazz, 1923King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Chimes Blues.King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, Snake Rag.Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Joys.Jelly Roll Morton, Wolverine Blues.Clarence Williams' Blue Five, Kansas City Man Blues.Mamie Smith and the Harlem Trio, Lady Luck Blues.James P. Johnson, Scouting Around.Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, The Dicty Blues.Bessie Smith, Jail House
Dreamtime - Commentary Inspired By Bob Dylan's Theme... (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
If you follow DylanTweets or browse our news column to your right, you know that I've been beating the drum hard with links to reviews of the massive new anthology, " A New Literary History of America ," edited by Greil Marcus and Werner Sollors, published by Harvard University Press. I've been skimming through the book - which is the best way I think it can be read - for the past several...
PCL LinkDump (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
From King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton & Washboard Rhythm Kings all the way through Little Richard, Shel Silverstein, and Dr. Hook, Twindowlicker has got a freakin' mess of music on the subject of freaks, freakiness, and their freaky ways. Freakish Man Blues, Call of the Freaks, Freakish Mistreater Blues.....you'll surely find something that'll help you get yer freak on.
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
For his new musical, "Sammy," Leslie Bricusse knew he needed to find a special performer to play his old friend, Sammy Davis Jr. While many names came up, his choice was Obba Babatundé, a Broadway and Hollywood veteran who, as...
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