[Dixielandjazz] Jelly Roll Morton Program on BBC (Bert Thompson)

[Marek Boym]

I am listning to the programme righ now, and love it.  A lot of talk,
true, but during the first 55 minutes I have heard a lot of music;
somehow, there were not 40 minutes of blah blah.  Sure, Morton's own
performance are missed, but then, everybody who cares about his music
should have a lot of them (so far, I have not heard a number I haven't
got in my collection).  The British band on the programme is
excellent; small wonder, as Keith is one of the best pianists playing
ANYWHERE.
Cheers

On 21 February 2011 23:11,  <Dradjazz at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/21/11 12:20:03 PM,
> dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com writes:
>
>
>> Some fellow listees might be interested in the following program that was
>> broadcast yesterday on BBC 3: "The end of October 2010 saw the 120th
>> anniversary of the birth of one of the most colourful and lively figures in jazz
>> - Jelly Roll Morton. So to commemorate that anniversary, Alyn Shipton
>> explores some of the musical legacies of the self-proclaimed inventor of jazz.
>> Alyn Shipton looks at some of Morton's forerunners (including Louis Moreau
>> Gottschalk and Scott Joplin) with help from the pianist Philip Martin, and
>> at Morton's own musical style - with comment from one of the world's
>> foremost authorites on classic jazz and ragtime - Keith Nichols".It will be
>> available for listening until Feb. 27th at the following site:
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yrhf7
>>
>
> Thanks Bert for that head's up.
>
> I gave the piece a listen but found it very dissapointing on several
> counts:
> 1)   Only one band is heard, though a good one: an Alyn Shipton-Keith
> Nichols band probably assembled for the show;
> 2)   No recording of Morton, neither band, piano, nor Library of congress
> though the latter was quoted by Mr. S.;
> 3)   The show begins with a long (1/2 hour) dissertation on Morton's
> classical music roots, supposedly in the music of Gottschalk;
> 4)   The program goes 40:00 before we hear the band.
>
> So an interesting, but very 'music conservatory' approach to Morton.
>
> I'm currently in the process of preparing to post on my website an
> adaptation of a 4 hour program on Morton that I did back in the KALW days, circa the
> early 1990s when, BTW, you were kind enough to host a few programs and
> bring your band to the studio on at least one occasion.
>
> Best,
>
> Dave Radlauer
> www.JAZZHOTBigstep.com
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