tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post5991204377685491536..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Jelly RollMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-48835650959786652442011-01-05T16:30:47.749-05:002011-01-05T16:30:47.749-05:00My knowledge of "jelly roll" consists of...My knowledge of "jelly roll" consists of what lies around my waist...Dr. Hecklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10527237743402773772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-58351464189577131082011-01-04T18:22:10.664-05:002011-01-04T18:22:10.664-05:00A really intriguing bit of information regarding t...A really intriguing bit of information regarding the Chaplin films; the dual subject of jazz age music and silent films fascinates me. I have a paperback book titled JAZZ ON RECORD~A CRITICAL GUIDE, published in 1960, that details the work of jazz artists then available on vinyl. The section on Ferdinand ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton has this to say: “The number of musicians in jazz who play in an entirely original style and use new material is very few, and the number of composers in jazz who create really new material is even fewer. One of the few was Ferdinand ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton. Morton is the Chopin of jazz.” I can’t think of a more perceptive observation regarding a man of prodigious talentwhistlingypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126688373252306609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-56640374595215120542011-01-04T14:42:38.078-05:002011-01-04T14:42:38.078-05:00PS I see 1935 looming in the headlights. . . .PS I see 1935 looming in the headlights. . . .mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-54315116021823863242011-01-04T14:41:05.873-05:002011-01-04T14:41:05.873-05:00You can drop .99 [US] and buy through Amazon Jelly...You can drop .99 [US] and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0011CWCUW/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk24" rel="nofollow">buy through Amazon</a> Jelly Roll Morton's Library of Congress recording of "Tiger Rag."<br /><br /><br />I already owned it because a book [not one of the Myth Mon's books, but a jazz book] told me to own it.<br /><br />The book was right.<br /><br /><br />BTW, I have been doing my own half-assed version of the MythMon's quest, reviewing jazz recordings, and I gotta tell ya -- Louis Armstrong's reputation as THE SHIT was and is well-deserved.<br /><br /><br />PS And that ol' Louis is right -- "The Tiger Rag" may have had rag roots, but it's plainly swing.<br /><br />Gahd bless it<br /><br />Word Verification: catrynes<br /><br />of course it is. . . .mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.com