Jelly Roll Morton - Buddy Bolden's Blues

Jelly Roll Morton playing and singing his composition of "Buddy Bolden's Blues"

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[IndependentGeorge76]

i heard Jelly Roll added the third verse after Frankie Dusen (another New Orleans musician) had taken a trip to LA, where Jelly was living at the time. Jelly insulted Dusens dress-sense to the point where Dusen told him if he ever saw him in New Orleans again, he'd kill him.

so jelly added the verse insinuating dusen was a pimp, many musicians in new orleans at the time were, including jelly roll himself.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Yep that sounds like Morton alright, shame on him for ridiculing the bandleader of King Bolden's old group. Even if he was dressed poorly.

[Lembit Punapart]

Jelly Roll Morton is was and always will be the most carismatic jazz

singer ever and no doubt one of the best too.

[helmusico]

Your opinion is respectable. Music is a taste question. Don't worry about negative votes...is just some people thinks o feels different.

[Fernando Gonzalez]

Uno de los temas mas importantes de Buddy Bolden inicialmente llamada "funky butt".La versiono como tributo Jerry Roll Morton

[Richard Neville]

Ferdinand La Menthe aka Jelly Roll aka Mr. Jelly aka Jelly Lord aka GENIUS & Rudy Blesh's nominee for the CLASSIC N.O. [N'awlins] Jazz CREATOR of all time. JRM & RHP's 1926 recordings have NEVER been surpassed. W. Marsalis [genius] is STILL trying to recreate JRM's genius..not easy. MY funny moment:~ c. 1987 lent a great pal & Britjazzer JRM's '26 rcdgs. for his delectation. 3 months later he returned them. "Good?" asked I...Nice but not as good as the Zenith Hot S's said he. Wot can U say???

[asinomastony]

Well I beg to disagree. Almost all contemporary jazz historians (read the amazing book by Ted Gioia, The History of Jazz) agree that Budy Bolden if not the father of jazz, mastered the recipe for it. Bolden's great achievement is the combination of the rhythms of ragtime, the bent notes and chord patterns of the blues, and an instrumentation drawn from New Orleans brass bands and string ensembles.

[MickeyYahoo]

John Lennon was "only" 13 years older than me - by the time I got on a stage, most folks some of Lennon's songs

[htes]

No no, KING OLIVER AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG

[gfjchs3n1]

My grandfather is Frank Duson, Jr. (correct spelling) that you have mentioned here. He had two dgts one of which is my mother. Her sister is deceased. He raised them til his death in the late 30's. Their mother died 5 yrs earlier. Heard he was a character but loved and took care of his little family which was during the early 30's. Thanks for the post. Check out Donald Marquis' book, "IN SEARCH OF BUDDY BOLDEN".

[suthern]

it's interesting that this is buddy bolden's blues...there is a recording on here of zora neale hurston singing it (she calls it Tampa)...saying it was a folksong she remembered from her childhood in fl, and that everybody sang it and performed it at dances. Buddy Bolden was only 13 years older than Zora, so I doubt he was the catalyst there...anybody know how this song wound up being buddy bolden's blues?

[suthern]

that was his opinion too lol

probably right...but there were political reasons why he didn't get credit in his time (and is still kinda under recognized)

[KARLOSMTV1]

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