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Tag: Jelly Roll Morton

Photograph of pianist and composer Tony Jackson, seated at piano.
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Before Jelly Roll Morton, there was there was Tony Jackson

by Tammy C. Barney June 11, 2025June 10, 2025

Despite being born with epilepsy, pianist Antonio Junius “Tony” Jackson became known as “the man of a thousand songs.” According to pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, there was no tune—written or unwritten—that Tony couldn’t play. Born in New Orleans in 1882, Jackson had a twin brother, Prince Albert, who died 14 months later. Tony […]

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Johnny Dodds’ clarinet ‘seemed to cry, laugh, and lament all at once’

by Tammy C. Barney November 27, 2024December 13, 2024
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Celebrating a century of New Orleans jazz giant Sidney Bechet

dr.-michael-white by Michael White June 6, 2023August 11, 2023
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