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 NERFINISHED
basedOn interviews with Jelly Roll Morton
contains folkloric commentary
musical anecdotes
song lyrics
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
mainSubject Jelly Roll Morton NERFINISHED
narrativeForm oral history
notableFor first major biography of a jazz musician
use of vernacular speech and storytelling
publicationYear 1950
publisher Duell, Sloan and Pearce NERFINISHED
relatedWork The Land Where the Blues Began NERFINISHED
settingPlace Chicago NERFINISHED
Los Angeles NERFINISHED
New Orleans NERFINISHED
Storyville, New Orleans NERFINISHED
subjectField jazz
subjectOccupation bandleader
composer
pianist
timePeriodCovered Storyville era NERFINISHED
early 20th century
titleCharacter Jelly Roll Morton NERFINISHED

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