Jelly Roll Morton

"If you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes," said Jelly Roll Morton, "you will never be able to get the right seasoning."

Anthology by Committee Stuart Isacoff 2011

And what is now "Ben's Next Door," but was once the "Jungle Inn" managed by pianist Jelly Roll Morton.

Lincoln Theatre revue 'Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies' is a smash hit 2010

Alan Lomax ranks as one of America's premier folklorists, recording and preserving the country's classic sounds, including works from Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Jelly Roll Morton and many others.

Free and easy events 2010

Mr. BARNES: And it's fine, but our focus is to play the traditional music, the music that invented jazz, the music that Louis Armstrong played, that Sidney Bechet played, that Jelly Roll Morton played, that Mahalia Jackson used in her gospel music.

New Orleans' Rebound Brings Surprising Riches 2010

Their 1979 recording, " Air Lore, " which is included in the Mosaic set, offered reinterpretations of the music of Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton, and is acclaimed as one of the best jazz recordings of the late ' 70s.

A Jazz Man With His Own Vocabulary Martin Johnson 2010

Alan Lomax ranks as one of America's premier folklorists, recording and preserving the country's classic sounds, including works from Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, Jelly Roll Morton and many others.

Going Out Guidefor May 3, 2010 2010

He explores a variety of composers, from Jelly Roll Morton to Duke Ellington to Thelonious Monk.

Marcus Roberts: 'Playing The History Of Jazz' 2009

So I may say … (Soundbite of song, "New Orleans Blues") NORRIS: You hear Jelly Roll Morton in there, but there's much more garnish.

Marcus Roberts: 'Playing The History Of Jazz' 2009

I think of him as the Crown Prince, the heir apparent to Jelly Roll Morton.

Bob Dylan talks about songwriters Ed Gorman 2009

Marcus Roberts stopped by Studio 4A, and as he sat at the piano, I asked him to play a classic Jelly Roll Morton song as the composer would have played it and then to update it with his own style.

Marcus Roberts: 'Playing The History Of Jazz' 2009