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The city of New Orleans has the distinction of being the ‘birthplace of jazz’ so its appropriate that in New Orleans in or around 1885 to 1890 would be born the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz”. Ferdinand Joseph Lemott (Lamothe) and his story is one of mystery, legend, genius, with an incredulous outcome, and original musical score. Being considered a Creole in the Crescent City had its advantages in the fact that he was exposed to the fine arts and music as a child. He would undertake formal piano lessons with one Tony Jackson who was considered a wunderkind piano professor with exceptional musical ability, mirrored by the young student, who demonstrated an elevated level of talent, and the confidence to perform it. We pick up on his trail as he moved to Biloxi, Mississippi to stay with his godmother, and so begins life on the road
New Orleans Joys: The Earliest Recordings, 1923-1926
Label: Tompkins Square
Released: 2026
Track listing: DISC ONE:
The Pearls;
Sweetheart O' Mine;
Fat Meat and Greens;
King Porter Stomp;
Georgia Grind;
Dead Man Blues;
King Porter;
Tom Cat Blues;
Wolverine Blues;
My Gal;
Tijuana (Tee Wanna);
Shreveport Stomps;
Mamanita;
Jelly Roll Blues;
Big Foot Ham;
Bucktown Blues;
Tom Cat Blues;
Stratford Hunch;
Perfect Rag;
Frog-I-More Rag;
London Blues;
Thirty-Fifth St Blues;
Mamanita;
Grandpa's Spells (A Stomp);
Kansas City Stomp;
Wolverine Blues (Joys).
DISC TWO: The Pearls (A Stomp);
King Portor (A Stomp);
New Orleans Blues (Joys);
New Orleans Blues (Joys) #a;
Soap Suds;
Mr Jelly Lord;
Tiger Rag;
Weary Blues;
High Society;
Fish Tail Blues;
London Blues;
Someday Sweetheart;
Milenberg Joys #a;
Milenberg Joys #c;
London Blues;
Mr Jelly Lord #a;
Mr Jelly Lord #c;
Clarinet Marmalade;
Clarinet Marmalade #a;
Sobbin' Blues;
Big Fat Ham #1;
Big Fat Ham #2;
Muddy Water;
Mr Jelly Roll #1;
Mr Jelly Roll #2;
Steady Roll;
Steady Roll #2.
The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City's Sound
by Karl Ackermann
The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the City's Sound Howard Reich 288 Pages ISBN: #978-0-226-84644-6 University of Chicago Press 2026 Jazz may have been born in New Orleans, but it came of age in Chicago. In The Majesty of Chicago Jazz: Twenty-Five Visionaries Who Define the ...
Jelly Roll Morton - 'New Orleans Joys: The Earliest Recordings, 1923-1926' Out November 6th
New Orleans Joys : The Earliest Recordings, 1923-1926 chronicles the definitive early work of pianist, composer and raconteur Jelly Roll Morton, who created masterpieces born from the cultural melting pot of 1900s New Orleans; the primitive blues of prostitutes, hymns to God from its churches, joyous anthems of the city’s brass bands, the lessons from ragtime ...
Oliver-Smith Incomparables: Stomp Your Stuff
by Pierre Giroux
Many bands play early jazz these days, but few make it sound as if the ink is still wet on the page. The Oliver-Smith Incomparables accomplish exactly that on Stomp Your Stuff, a recording that salutes the musical language of Jelly Roll Morton without ever treating it as a historical artifact. Pianist Andrew Oliver and drummer ...
Oliver-Smith Incomparables: Stomp Your Stuff
by Jack Bowers
Although he was best known as a pianist, the late Jelly Roll Morton was never shy when it came to blowing his own horn. Among Morton's claims was that he had “invented" jazz, an assertion that almost surely stretches the truth but is virtually impossible to disprove. What is known is that Morton was playing a ...
Reimagining Panama's Musical And Cultural Narratives Of Jazz
by Ian Patterson
Reimagining Panama's Musical And Cultural Narratives Of Jazz Patricia Zarate de Perez 203 Pages ISBN: 9781793621832 Lexington Books 2026 A young but precocious music, jazz thrust its way into almost every corner of the planet in double time, shaping and, in turn, being shaped by every culture it has ...
Dida Pelled: Blues in the Night
by Ludovico Granvassu
Dida Pelled's I Wish You Would (La Reserve) is more than a love letter to the blues, a genre she returns to after the high bar she set with A Missing Shade of Blue (Red Records). It is the definitive statement of an artist whose signature lies in the irresistible contrast between the understated intimacy of ...
The Legacy of Billy Strayhorn: the Unknown Strayhorn
by Larry Slater
Billy Strayhorn ranks in the top tier of jazz composers, along with Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus and Jelly Roll Morton.Strayhorn wrote at least one piece a week during the thirty years he worked with Duke Ellington. That was more than the Ellington Orchestra could handle, especially since Duke himself composed constantly. Choices ...
Bria Skonberg: Brass
by Jack Bowers
Canadian-born and New York-based trumpeter, vocalist and composer Bria Skonberg focuses almost exclusively on the horn on her seventh recording, the aptly named Brass. Even though Skonberg may be a splendid singer, she plays trumpet so extremely well it's a pretty sure bet that no one but the most diehard lovers of vocal jazz may miss ...
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