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 […]
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Jelly Roll Morton and the gritty origins of jazz
Posted in Art and Culture, History, Uncategorized Also tagged Alan Lomax, brothels, Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, folk, Jazz, Jelly Roll Blues, 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, The Murder Ballad 11 Comments