I read the transcript so many times. THANK YOU for making this precious recording of Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Lamothe) available. Alan Lomax was a genius.
Merci beaucoup pour la richesse de votre site ! Qu'Alan Lomax repose en paix, lui, qui a tant fait, entre autres, pour les enregistrements de différentes musiques folkloriques et autres (blues, jazz,...) ! Je viens de finir de lire son livre magistral sur la vie musicale (et sa vie tout court) du grand Jelley Roll Morton ("Mister Jelly Roll") et ça se lit comme un roman ; quel plaisir ce fut ! Bien à vous et à votre œuvre de mémoire de musiques diverses ! Thank you very much for the richness of your site ! May Alan Lomax rest in peace, he, who did so much, among other things, for the recordings of different folk music and others (blues, jazz, etc.) ! I have just finished reading his masterful book on the musical life (and his life in short) of the great Jelley Roll Morton ("Mister Jelly Roll") and it reads like a novel ; what a pleasure it was ! Best regards to you and your work of memory of various music!
Wow, hearing the voice of the legendary Jelly Roll Morton is cool on its own, but talking about the history of one of the more intriguing and mysterious aspects of Mardi Gras is doubly cool. A friend and I discovered a Wild Magnolias album in our college radio station's archives and played it back in the early 90s and I got hooked quickly. If you're interested in the history of Mardi Gras Indians and find yourself in New Orleans, go check out the Backstreet Museum.
From Indian chants to Verdi operas, there seems to be no music that escaped Jelly Roll's hearing: he absorbed it all--and the ability to do so made his own compositions the richer for it.
It’s great to hear from a pioneering figure like Jelly Roll Morton talk about the Native American influence on Jazz and Blues in the very crucible of the genres. That never really gets mentioned in the histories of the subject.
Note that the "Indian Tribes" he's talking about aren't actual Native American tribes, it's a Black-American tradition from New Orleans. It's kinda hard to describe, look up "Mardi Gras Indians" for more info. I don't know to what extent Native Music had on Jazz & Blues, probably not very much, but I'd bet there's probably some connection somewhere.
The Native influence was huge: The Native American nation was welcoming to run away African American slaves and assimilated thousands over the centuries leading up to the genesis of jazz music. The similarities between the native and african tribal cultues is huge and you may read William Katz who writes about the Black Indians.
@whoahna8438 thank you for setting the record straight. We live in a climate these days where other groups are trying to take credit for black american creativity.
@@truthsaviour8804 Yes I'm aware and we also live in a climate where our own are trying to discredit any African ancestry and self identification we have. That Newspaper is just one example but there are many more from around the country like the parade in Philly with the AFRO-American float around 1911 I believe; during the civil war in Louisiana with Les Corps d'Afrique (the African Corps) and there are others also.
Wild Man Rock the original Creole Wild West Wild Man! Like Jelly Roll, a product of that downtown, old 7th ward Creoles. Represent. We know who we are!
Can someone tell me how these African slaves would get the freedom to go and watch and learn the customs of how the Indians would war with other Indian tribes?
Yes: read about Black Indians by William Katz. Run away African slaves had been assimilated by Native Americans for centuries. They married, had children and lived together sharing and absorbing culture...
Also in the French colony of Louisiana slaves had a lot more freedom and many slaves were Indians also in Louisiana so they just snuck off the plantations because they knew the lands
Scott Joplin was influenced by Europeans composers. We don't see it as cultural appropriation, or at least not in a bad way. Stop with that, jazz music is made of tons of influences, that's its identity. People should stop using this expression without a real valuable reason
How incredible to hear Mr. Morton speak! Thanks for posting.🙏
We owe Alan Lomax so much.
My god, so hard core. The voice of Jelly Roll Morton! He has the same relish and dramatic flare in his story telling as Blind Willie McTell.
I know what you mean
I read the transcript so many times. THANK YOU for making this precious recording of Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Lamothe) available. Alan Lomax was a genius.
Merci beaucoup pour la richesse de votre site !
Qu'Alan Lomax repose en paix, lui, qui a tant fait, entre autres, pour les enregistrements de différentes musiques folkloriques et autres (blues, jazz,...) !
Je viens de finir de lire son livre magistral sur la vie musicale (et sa vie tout court) du grand Jelley Roll Morton ("Mister Jelly Roll") et ça se lit comme un roman ; quel plaisir ce fut !
Bien à vous et à votre œuvre de mémoire de musiques diverses !
Thank you very much for the richness of your site !
May Alan Lomax rest in peace, he, who did so much, among other things, for the recordings of different folk music and others (blues, jazz, etc.) !
I have just finished reading his masterful book on the musical life (and his life in short) of the great Jelley Roll Morton ("Mister Jelly Roll") and it reads like a novel ; what a pleasure it was !
Best regards to you and your work of memory of various music!
Wow, hearing the voice of the legendary Jelly Roll Morton is cool on its own, but talking about the history of one of the more intriguing and mysterious aspects of Mardi Gras is doubly cool. A friend and I discovered a Wild Magnolias album in our college radio station's archives and played it back in the early 90s and I got hooked quickly. If you're interested in the history of Mardi Gras Indians and find yourself in New Orleans, go check out the Backstreet Museum.
brotherjahluv check out the hbo series Treme. There’s a lot of that cool stuff in there!
OMG!!! From a lifelong resident of New Orleans (lower night Ward) thank you!❤️
Mr. Jelly Roll narrating the story behind the song, "Iko-Iko".
The song is Tu-Way-Pock-E-Way. Iko Iko (originally called "Jock-A-Mo") is a different song which had yet be written yet in 1938..
Thank you Alan Lomax for getting this interview!
This is an incredible testament to the influence of Native Americans on the genesis of jazz music. Jelly Roll's voice is smooth as butter!
Native-Americans didn't have any influence on our Black-American Jazz music culture here in Black New Orléans.
Thank you Alan Lomax, very cool
From Indian chants to Verdi operas, there seems to be no music that escaped Jelly Roll's hearing: he absorbed it all--and the ability to do so made his own compositions the richer for it.
It’s great to hear from a pioneering figure like Jelly Roll Morton talk about the Native American influence on Jazz and Blues in the very crucible of the genres. That never really gets mentioned in the histories of the subject.
Note that the "Indian Tribes" he's talking about aren't actual Native American tribes, it's a Black-American tradition from New Orleans. It's kinda hard to describe, look up "Mardi Gras Indians" for more info. I don't know to what extent Native Music had on Jazz & Blues, probably not very much, but I'd bet there's probably some connection somewhere.
The Native influence was huge: The Native American nation was welcoming to run away African American slaves and assimilated thousands over the centuries leading up to the genesis of jazz music. The similarities between the native and african tribal cultues is huge and you may read William Katz who writes about the Black Indians.
@@BmakinFilm
Native Americans were enslaving Africans in Louisiana. This what he's talking about isn't Jazz
@whoahna8438 thank you for setting the record straight. We live in a climate these days where other groups are trying to take credit for black american creativity.
@@truthsaviour8804
Yes I'm aware and we also live in a climate where our own are trying to discredit any African ancestry and self identification we have.
That Newspaper is just one example but there are many more from around the country like the parade in Philly with the AFRO-American float around 1911 I believe; during the civil war in Louisiana with Les Corps d'Afrique (the African Corps) and there are others also.
This is wonderful.
Wild Man Rock the original Creole Wild West Wild Man! Like Jelly Roll, a product of that downtown, old 7th ward Creoles. Represent. We know who we are!
This is so cool!
"...tommy hawks and so forth..."
thanks for sharing
happy bday jelly. bro sounds like my uncle
Damn, that story got real dark in the last five seconds of the clip.
Cha Wa!
ça çè bon
Some tribes clashed and members died on the site of today's Superdome.
Whats that about anime, jelly roll?
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I always wondered if "To-Way-Bak-A-Way" was referring to tobacco and its importance in Native American culture
Alain Lomax viens de sortir une vidéo mais je suis déçue du résultat mais je vous la met quad même
Can someone tell me how these African slaves would get the freedom to go and watch and learn the customs of how the Indians would war with other Indian tribes?
Yes: read about Black Indians by William Katz. Run away African slaves had been assimilated by Native Americans for centuries. They married, had children and lived together sharing and absorbing culture...
Also in the French colony of Louisiana slaves had a lot more freedom and many slaves were Indians also in Louisiana so they just snuck off the plantations because they knew the lands
In addition to the other answers, the slaves were freed in 1860-something, so after that they had more freedom to study what they wanted
@@BmakinFilm your answer unfortunately falls short. The indigenous people are the ones you are calling African.
@@christopherbillew9783 the Indians are the "African Americans" lol.
Cultural appropriation?
Scott Joplin was influenced by Europeans composers. We don't see it as cultural appropriation, or at least not in a bad way. Stop with that, jazz music is made of tons of influences, that's its identity. People should stop using this expression without a real valuable reason