In 1938 Jelly Roll Morton, a major New Orleans jazz pioneer, sat down for a series of extensive interviews and performances with a young folklorist named Alan Lomax. Sound recordings of these ...

Under the auspices of Encores!, a riveting warts-and-nothing-else revival of that Jelly Roll Morton bio-musical opened Wednesday at the New York City Center. George C. Wolfe wrote the book and ...

The distinct sounds of New Orleans will fill Popejoy Hall on Saturday, Feb. 8. "New Orleans Songbook: A Jazz at Lincoln Center PRESENTS Production," celebrates the composers and music of the Crescent ...

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 ...

I was going to hear Blues and Jazz at the Patricia Hotel, 403 E. Hastings St. in Vancouver. The event was Jelly Roll Morton Making Vancouver Concert, hosted by Stephen Quinn of CBC Radio One's "On the ...

Kansas City and New Orleans are both known for jazz, but each city has its own sound. Jazz artist Jon Batiste will sing the ...

Feted and neglected, celebrated and scorned, loved and despised, he lived on the edge of the edgy world that characterised life in early 20th century America.This is his story, narrated by three ...

It includes songs by Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Ellis Marsalis, James Black and other New Orleans musicians. Rozanna M. Martinez is the arts and entertainment editor of the Albuquerque ...