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“Sidewalk Blues,” recorded by pianist Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers in Chicago on September 21, 1926.
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
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Jelly Roll Morton made in the 1920s, in which he tries to retain the comparatively complex structures he had learned from the rag composers and still leave a little space for improvisation.
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“Blues Walk”
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
by the early fifties, adolescents really seemed to consider themselves a “new breed” of some kind.
Charlie Gillett • The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock & Roll
Musicians turned to simpler structures because recordings in the early days couldn’t capture more than about three minutes of music.
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
the fast and frenetic numbers seemed to capture the essence of bebop
Ted Gioia • How to Listen to Jazz
Quest Loves Records, Part I “When you live your life through records, the records are a record of your life.”™ 1971: Stevie Wonder, Music of My Mind
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
arranger Gil Evans,