[Dixielandjazz] Jelly Roll Morton

[Fred Spencer]

Dear Ivor,
Although I have a copy I haven't read it all. He is an Assistant Professor 
of English at Pasadena City College. It seems to be a reasonably scholarly 
246-page illustrated volume with 16 pages of "Notes", and a 5-page 
bibliography and 6-page index. As a physician I differ with him in his 
suggestion that Jelly Roll Morton may have had syphilis, in an article I 
wrote expanding what was in my book "Jazz and Death. Medical Profiles of 
Jazz Greats" (Unversity Press of Mississippi, 2002). This of course is a 
purely professionald comment and does not necessarily detract from the 
book's overall accuracy. Book reviews though are notoriously personal and 
unreliable, so I would suggest you have your local library obtain a copy on 
the Inter Library Loan network if they don't have one, and decide for 
yourself. Cheers.
Fred
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "iVOR jONES" <BANJONES at SAPO.PT>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 5:39 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Jelly Roll Morton


Hi Everybody,

In my library I have a number of books on Morton but not 'Dead Man Blues' by 
Phil Pastras. Is it worth buying ?

Regards to all

Ivor
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