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New Orleans Blues Piano, Part 5 of 6: Jelly Roll Morton and the Cuban Connection
Jon Cleary
A native of the UK, blues pianist Jon Cleary has become a respected session player, sideman, and performer in his own right in his adopted home of New Orleans, LA. He has performed with Taj Mahal, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, and records and plays with his own group, the Absolute Monster Gentlemen. |
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Description: Blues 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.
Shoot Date: February 2007 |
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