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Jelly Roll Morton walked into the Melrose brothers’ South Side music store in 1923. He got famous,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwenty-five years afterward, Lester Melrose still had vivid memories of how they met on a May evening in 1923. “A fellow walked in to our store with a big red bandanna around his neck and a ...
‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Off Broadway Review: How Jazz Was Born, or Was it?
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJelly Roll Morton gets the anti-hagiography treatment The post ‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Off Broadway...
'We loved the excitement': Original Yardbirds drummer talks about current tour and Cape gig
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNearly 60 years after forming a legendary rock band, with some so-famous alum, the original drummer...
Music Review: Brad Mehldau connects Bach, Fauré to jazz on albums, 'After Bach II' and 'Après Fauré'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoGrammy-award winning jazz pianist Brad Mehldau connects the dots as though they were so many 16th...
Review: Imperfect, yes, but 'Jelly's Last Jam' is still wildly entertaining in Pasadena revival
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoPasadena Playhouse has become the best place in town to see a musical. The theater is big enough to give a show breathing room but intimate enough to allow an audience proximity. Most regional ...
Plan your weekend: Here are our top 10 picks for Nov. 17-23
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDue to potential changes and cancellations, we encourage you to check with presenting organizations...
‘How Long Blues’ Review: Twyla Tharp’s Riverside Spectacle
The Wall Street Journal· 1 day agoNow playing at the amphitheater on Manhattan’s Little Island, the choreographer’s suite of dance and...
‘Jelly Roll Blues’ Review: Unfiltered American Ballads
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoBOOKSHELF This isn’t a book for the fainthearted. It’s certainly not for the puritanical. This...
Jazz, classical and world music: Norton announces concert series for 2022-23
The Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWEST PALM BEACH — Everything from Mary Lou Williams to Johann Sebastian Bach, and from John Adams to...
New museum exhibit celebrates Gennett Records legacy, impact
Pal Item | Palladium-Item via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRICHMOND, Ind. — Music Gennett Records recorded here decades ago influences the music we hear today....