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New Orleans Blues Piano, Part 5 of 6: Jelly Roll Morton and the Cuban Connection

New Orleans Blues Piano, Part 5 of 6: Jelly Roll Morton and the Cuban ConnectionBlues pianist and songwriter Jon Cleary continues his discussion of the New Orleans blues piano style with a showcase of Jelly Roll Morton’s tune “The Crave” and drawing a connection between that song and the Cuban and Argentine rhythmic patterns that would ultimately become the tango and the danzón.

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