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Thread #111845   Message #2366802
Posted By: Fred McCormick
16-Jun-08 - 06:42 AM
Thread Name: Lomax & Jelly Roll Morton BBC Radio 4
Subject: RE: Lomax & Jelly Roll Morton BBC Radio 4
Hi Bonnie,

Thanks. I'll email him direct. Sorry I didn't spot the address. Too busy wittering.

Incidentally, another bit of witter occcurred to me afterwards. I've only played the programme once, so I may have got this wrong. However, MH seemed to be saying that the Morton recordings were somehow instrumental in kickstarting the New Orleans jazz revival of the 1940s. Considering that interest in, and knowledge of New Orleans jazz had begun to manifest before those recordings were made, that seems unlikely. In fact, said interest had come about via interviews with some of the New Orleans musicians who'd made it big in Chicago. The Morton recordings may have addded fuel to that interest, but that's a different thing from sparking it off.