[Dixielandjazz] Re. 80 years ago

Nancy Giffin NANCYink at surewest.net
Sat Sep 16 13:12:01 PDT 2006


Anton Crouch wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 15 September 1926, between 9am and 1:10pm,
> Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers recorded 4 titles for Victor,
> in the ballroom of the Webster Hotel in Chicago.
> 
> With "Black Bottom Stomp", the age of enlightenment began.

Yes, Anton,

But before the enlightenment came this quote from
Jelly Roll¹s grandmother upon finding out that was a JAZZ pianist:

"A musician is nothing but a bum and a scalawag.
I don't want you around your sisters. I reckon you better move."

Classic!

:)





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