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Date recorded: 1938
Contributor(s): Performer: Morton, Ferdinand (Jelly Roll); Performer: Lomax, Alan; Broadcaster: Radio Research Project (Library of Congress)
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Track Number: 1
Archive ID: B069
Original ID: TD217R01
Note: An episode for the "American Portraits" series of the Radio Project of the Library of Congress. Alan Lomax tells the story of the life of Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, though his own narration and the recordings he made of Jelly Roll at the LC in 1938.
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Belongs to: American Portraits
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