Mister Jelly Roll
, by Lomax, AlanNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780520225305 | 0520225309
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/1/2002
A classic in the field of jazz and African-American studies, this is a collaborative biography, with a strong folkloric element (Jelly Roll having mastered the role of trickster), by two of the greats in American popular music: Alan Lomax and (Ferdinand) Jelly Roll Morton, the great New Orleans musician and originator of jazz.