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Jelly Roll Morton and the gritty origins of jazz

By Mark | June 4, 2014

At some point in 1938, while employed by the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song to record and preserve regional American music being put at risk by popular music like jazz, music archivist Alan Lomax found himself at a Washington, DC club by the name of the Jungle Inn, one of the few […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan Lomax, brothels, Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, folk, Jazz, Jelly Roll Morton, Jungle Inn, Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song, murder, New Orleans, nothing new under the sun, oral history, pre-war jazz and blues, rap, sex, Storyville, The Murder Ballad | 11 Comments

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