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- catalog abstract ""When Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton sat down at the piano in the Library of Congress in May 1938 to begin his monumental series of interviews with Alan Lomax, he spoke of his years on the West Coast with the nostalgia of a man recalling a golden age, a lost Eden. He had arrived in Los Angeles more than 20 years earlier, but he still recounted his losses vividly. Tbe keenest loss was his separation from Anita Gonzales, by his own account "the only woman I ever loved," and to whom he left almost all of his royalties in his will." "In Dead Man Blues, Phil Pastras sets the record straight on the two periods (1917-1922 and 1940-194l) that Jelly Roll Morton spent on the West Coast. In addition to rechecking sources, correcting mistakes in scholarly accounts, and situating eyewitness narratives within the histories of New Orleans and Los Angeles, Pastras offers a fresh interpretation of the life and work of Morton, one of the most important and influential early practitioners of jazz. Pastras's discovery of a previously unknown collection of memorabilia - including a 58-page scrapbook compiled by Morton himself - sheds new light on Morton's personal and artistic development, as well as on the crucial role played by Anita Gonzales."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Jelly Roll Morton way out West".
- catalog contributor b12166507.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In Dead Man Blues, Phil Pastras sets the record straight on the two periods (1917-1922 and 1940-194l) that Jelly Roll Morton spent on the West Coast. In addition to rechecking sources, correcting mistakes in scholarly accounts, and situating eyewitness narratives within the histories of New Orleans and Los Angeles, Pastras offers a fresh interpretation of the life and work of Morton, one of the most important and influential early practitioners of jazz. Pastras's discovery of a previously unknown collection of memorabilia - including a 58-page scrapbook compiled by Morton himself - sheds new light on Morton's personal and artistic development, as well as on the crucial role played by Anita Gonzales."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""When Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton sat down at the piano in the Library of Congress in May 1938 to begin his monumental series of interviews with Alan Lomax, he spoke of his years on the West Coast with the nostalgia of a man recalling a golden age, a lost Eden. He had arrived in Los Angeles more than 20 years earlier, but he still recounted his losses vividly. Tbe keenest loss was his separation from Anita Gonzales, by his own account "the only woman I ever loved," and to whom he left almost all of his royalties in his will."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233) and index.".
- catalog description "Prelude to a Riff -- Mamanita and the "Voodoo Witch" -- L.A. Jelly, 1917-1923 -- The Scrapbook -- Last Days.".
- catalog extent "xxiv, 246 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520215230 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Music of the African diaspora ; 5".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press ; [Chicago] : Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "781.65/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Gonzales, Anita.".
- catalog subject "Jazz musicians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "ML410.M82 P37 2001".
- catalog subject "Morton, Jelly Roll, -1941 Relations with women.".
- catalog subject "Morton, Jelly Roll, -1941.".
- catalog subject "Morton, Jelly Roll, d. 1941 Relations with women.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prelude to a Riff -- Mamanita and the "Voodoo Witch" -- L.A. Jelly, 1917-1923 -- The Scrapbook -- Last Days.".
- catalog title "Dead man blues : Jelly Roll Morton way out West / Phil Pastras.".
- catalog title "Jelly Roll Morton way out West".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".