The latest is the two-volume A Career Anthology, and it’s one of the best. Each volume is a three-CD set, with one devoted to ...

In 1938 Jelly Roll Morton, a major New Orleans jazz pioneer, sat down for a series of extensive interviews and performances ...

Considered by many to be the first important jazz composer, Jelly Roll Morton polished the New Orleans jazz style to perfection. In turns a braggart and egocentric, this self-proclaimed inventor ...

Richard Hinds settles the tonearm gently into the grooves of the 78 record, and the music of Jelly Roll Morton and the Red ...

The debut edition of t Tijuana international Jazz Festival opened with performances by Cindy Blackman Santana, the Gilbert ...

Vice President Kamala Harris turns 60 and actor Viggo Mortensen turns 65, among the famous birthdays for Oct. 20.

This vivid, impressionistic portrait of legendary jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton features Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner Billy Porter (Pose) as the Chimney Man and Tony Award winner Joaquina ...

Jelly showed off his hard rock side as he payed tribute to the Prince of Darkness at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Jason Pierce and fellow Spiritualized member take a trip into the Old Weird America for a strange encounter with the flipside ...

There's plenty of stuff before bebop. There's great music by Jelly Roll Morton that's virtually unexplored by modern players. And the tradition also includes everything that happened after bop ...

The music on the soundtrack comprises 16 new Marsalis compositions and seven interpretations of material composed by W.C. Handy, Jelly Roll Morton (three tracks were drawn from Marsalis's 1999 ...

A behind the scenes look at the Broadway production of Jellys Last Jam including a tribute to jazz musician and composer Jelly Roll Morton Gregory Hines and George C Wolfe who wrote the book for ...