Jelly Roll Morton Professions : Jazz Pianist Born : October 20, 1890 Died : July 10, 1941 Browse All Authors Top 12 quotes by Jelly Roll Morton Get up from that piano. You hurtin' its feelings. Jelly Roll Morton piano music hurt Jazz music is a style, not compositions; any kind of music may be played in Jazz if one has the knowledge. Jelly Roll Morton style music may It is evidently known, beyond contradiction, that New Orleans is the cradle of Jazz and I, myself, happened to be the creator in the year 1902. Jelly Roll Morton music new-orleans years Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm. Jelly Roll Morton jazz music-is sweet I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago style, New Orleans style hell, they're all Jelly Roll style. Jelly Roll Morton kansas-city new-orleans cities I do not claim any of the creation of the blues, although I have written many of them even before Mr. Handy had any blues published. I heard them when I was knee-high to a duck. Jelly Roll Morton knees jazz ducks Rejoice at the death and cry at the birth: New Orleans sticks close to the Scriptures. Jelly Roll Morton scripture new-orleans sticks The sporting houses needed professors, and we had so many different styles that... it wouldn't make any difference that you just came from . . . whatever your tunes were over there, we played them in New Orleans. Jelly Roll Morton differences new-orleans house My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of ceremonies. Jelly Roll Morton witty directors firsts In the year of 1902, when I was about seventeen years old, I happened to invade one of the sections [in New Orleans] where the birth of Jazz originated from. Jelly Roll Morton jazz new-orleans years You can't make jazz without using certain elements of Latin music. Jelly Roll Morton jazz latin In 1908 Handy didn't know anything about the blues and he doesn't know anything about jazz and stomps to this day. I myself figured out the peculiar form of mathematics and harmonies that was strange to all the world but me. Jelly Roll Morton strange peculiar world Similar Authors Brad Mehldau jazz-pianist Andrew Hill jazz-pianist Art Tatum jazz-pianist Alice Coltrane jazz-pianist Billy Taylor jazz-pianist Ahmad Jamal jazz-pianist All Authors
