Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories

A bestselling music historian follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden songs of early blues and jazz.

InJelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories, Elijah Waldtakes readers on a journey into the hidden and censored world of early blues and jazz, guided by the legendary New Orleans pianist Jelly Roll Morton. Morton became nationally famous as a composer and bandleader in the 1920s, but got his start twenty years earlier, entertaining customers...