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Jelly Roll Morton: Sidewalk Blues (Take 3) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 11, 09

According to Rex Stewart's fine book, Jazz Masters of the '30s, Omer Simeon was elsewhere for this track, and the you...

Jelly Roll Morton: Dead Man Blues (Take 1) (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music March 11, 09

According to Rex Stewart's fine book, Jazz Masters of the '30s, Omer Simeon was elsewhere for this track, and the you...

Johnny Dodds (with the New Orleans Wanderers): Perdido Street Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music August 11, 09

In the hierarchy of New Orleans jazz, the trumpet / cornet players are at the very top of the heap. They were often ...

Louis Armstrong (featuring Lonnie Johnson): Savoy Blues (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 14, 09

This is the third of the classic Louis Armstrong Hot Five recordings with the special addition of jazz and blues guit...

Louis Armstrong: Heebie Jeebies (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 10, 07

Louis Armstrong Photo by Herb Snitzer “Heebie Jeebies” is a typically rambling Hot Five performanc...

Jelly Roll Morton: Steamboat Stomp (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music November 11, 07

Morton succeeded with his early Victor recordings in having his compositions played with his original conception by a...

Louis Armstrong (featuring Lonnie Johnson): I'm Not Rough (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 08, 09

Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens recordings are not just jazz classics, they are among the most important a...

Louis Armstrong (featuring Lonnie Johnson): Hotter Than That (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 08, 09

Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens recordings are fundamental documents in the history of American music. By ...

Louis Armstrong: Struttin' With Some Barbecue (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 31, 07

If jazz had a Mount Rushmore, everybody knows who would have pride of place. Washington was Father of His County, and...

Louis Armstrong: Potato Head Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music November 06, 07

In the 1890s, architect Louis Sullivan perceived that switching from masonry to steel-frame construction required an ...

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: Riverside Blues (Rating: 99/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

A work of joy and salvation, this stirring piece sets the stage with four funereal minor-key measures, then emerges i...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KING OLIVER

Joseph "King" Oliver helped deliver polyphonic ensemble swing from the New Orleans backwater. Oliver's Creole Jaz...

Louis Armstrong: Hotter Than That (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 06, 09

The fiery “Hotter Than That” is one of Louis Armstrong’s masterpieces. Played at a flying tempo, Armstrong soars whil...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: SCAT SINGING

Scat singing—improvised solos created by a vocalist using nonsense syllables for words—is one of the great parado...

Louis Armstrong: Potato Head Blues (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music August 10, 09

"Hello Dolly" and "What a Wonderful World" may get the airplay. "West End Blues" might receive more praise in the ja...

Jelly Roll Morton: Original Jelly Roll Blues (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Comparing Morton’s piano solo recording of the “Jelly Roll Blues” with this version by his Red Hot Peppers affords an...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JELLY ROLL MORTON

   Jelly Roll Morton, artwork by Suzanne Cerny It’s evening in Washington, D.C., and the ...

Jelly Roll Morton: Doctor Jazz (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

Morton sometimes worked as an entertainer during his nomadic years, and fancied himself a great comic. But the sketch...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JELLY ROLL MORTON

   Jelly Roll Morton, artwork by Suzanne Cerny It’s evening in Washington, D.C., and the ...

Jelly Roll Morton: Black Bottom Stomp (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 29, 07

This recording was added to the Library of Congress National Sound Registry in 2006, and it sums up in three minutes ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JELLY ROLL MORTON

   Jelly Roll Morton, artwork by Suzanne Cerny It’s evening in Washington, D.C., and the ...

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band: Snake Rag (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music March 25, 09

American jazz had forebears in minstrelsy and vaudeville, and the Creole Band's bassist/banjoist Bill Johnson had rec...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: KING OLIVER

Joseph "King" Oliver helped deliver polyphonic ensemble swing from the New Orleans backwater. Oliver's Creole Jaz...

Dodds, Johnny posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

While never as famous as Louis Armstrong or Jelly Roll Morton, clarinetist Johnny Dodds played a key role in bringing...

A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks (Part One) posted in Features and Interviews August 26, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia New Orleans does not rank in the top 50 cities in the US, when measured by population. It...

Dodds, Baby (Warren) posted in Encyclopedia October 20, 09

"We played for the comfort of the people," said drummer Baby Dodds, recalling the way he spread the joys of New Orlea...

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