Godina izdanja: 1998
Žanr: Džez
Izdavač: History
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

Jelly Roll Morton – Steamboat Stomp (2 CD)

Made in Israel.
Omot na rasklapanje, 6 strana.
Diskovi u odličnom stanju.

Label: History – 20.3006-HI
Series: The Cradle Of Jazz
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: Israel
Genre: Jazz

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz`s first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated. His composition `Jelly Roll Blues`, published in 1915, was one of the first published jazz compositions. He also claimed to have invented the genre.

Morton also wrote `King Porter Stomp`, `Wolverine Blues`, `Black Bottom Stomp`, and `I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say`, the last being a tribute to New Orleans musicians from the turn of the 20th century.

Morton`s claim to have invented jazz in 1902 was criticized. Music critic Scott Yanow wrote, `Jelly Roll Morton did himself a lot of harm posthumously by exaggerating his worth...Morton`s accomplishments as an early innovator are so vast that he did not really need to stretch the truth.` Gunther Schuller says of Morton`s `hyperbolic assertions` that there is `no proof to the contrary` and that Morton`s `considerable accomplishments in themselves provide reasonable substantiation`.