Jelly's Blues The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton
by Reich, Howard; Gaines, William M.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-05-26
Publisher(s): Da Capo
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Summary
The acclaimed, definitive biography of the first jazz composer, based on newly discovered archival material
Author Biography
Howard Reich is the veteran jazz critic of the Chicago Tribune and the winner of many awards. A longtime correspondent for Downbeat magazine, he is also the author, with William Gaines, of the critically acclaimed biography Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton. He lives in suburban Chicago. William Gaines retired from the Chicago Tribune in 2001 and is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He lives in Munster, Indiana.
Table of Contents
| Preface | xi | ||||
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1 | (26) | |||
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27 | (24) | |||
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51 | (22) | |||
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73 | (26) | |||
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99 | (32) | |||
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131 | (34) | |||
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165 | (28) | |||
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193 | (26) | |||
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219 | (14) | |||
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233 | (12) | |||
| Epilogue | 245 | (6) | |||
| Notes on Sources | 251 | (12) | |||
| Appendix A Compositions written by Ferdinand ``Jelly Roll'' Morton | 263 | (4) | |||
| Appendix B Annotated discography: Morton plays Morton | 267 | (4) | |||
| Appendix C Notes on Morton's elusive birth date | 271 | (4) | |||
| Index | 275 |
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