Rejoice at the death and cry at the birth: New Orleans sticks close to the Scriptures.
I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago styl… - Jelly Roll Morton
I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago styl…
- Jelly Roll Morton
Get up from that piano. You hurtin' its feelings. - Jelly Roll Morton
Get up from that piano. You hurtin' its feelings.
My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of ceremonies. - Jelly Roll Morton
My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of ceremonies.
You can't make jazz without using certain elements of Latin music. - Jelly Roll Morton
You can't make jazz without using certain elements of Latin music.
I do not claim any of the creation of the blues, although I have written many of them even before Mr. Handy had any blues published. I heard them whe… - Jelly Roll Morton
I do not claim any of the creation of the blues, although I have written many of them even before Mr. Handy had any blues published. I heard them whe…
In 1908 Handy didn't know anything about the blues and he doesn't know anything about jazz and stomps to this day. I myself figured out the peculiar … - Jelly Roll Morton
In 1908 Handy didn't know anything about the blues and he doesn't know anything about jazz and stomps to this day. I myself figured out the peculiar …
In the year of 1902, when I was about seventeen years old, I happened to invade one of the sections [in New Orleans] where the birth of Jazz originat… - Jelly Roll Morton
In the year of 1902, when I was about seventeen years old, I happened to invade one of the sections [in New Orleans] where the birth of Jazz originat…
The sporting houses needed professors, and we had so many different styles that... it wouldn't make any difference that you just came from . . . what… - Jelly Roll Morton
The sporting houses needed professors, and we had so many different styles that... it wouldn't make any difference that you just came from . . . what…
Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm. - Jelly Roll Morton
Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm.
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