Author

Contributions

  • Gaines, William. - Contributor

Publication

2003 - Da Capo, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Goodreads2350907
  • LibraryThing426251

Classifications

  • DDC781.65/092
  • LCCML410.M82 R45 2003

Description

Shares the virtually uncelebrated life of jazz composer Jelly Roll Morton, from his introduction into music, to his sharp decline in popularity, to the revival of his music following the discovery of his archive in 1992.

Subjects

Topics

BiographyJazz musiciansJazz musicians, biographyAfrican american musiciansMorton, Jelly Roll, d. 1941Morton, jelly roll, 1885-1941African American jazz musicians

Places

Genres

  • Biography.

Other Editions

  • Jelly's blues: the life, music, and redemption of Jelly Roll MortonDa Capo2003-01-01

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