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Amherst College Creates Scholarship Fund For American Veterans
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Amherst University issued the following press release:
Amherst College has created a permanently endowed scholarship fund for veterans of the U.S. armed forces who are accepted by and enroll at the liberal arts school. The Veterans Scholarship Fund, as it is called, will provide enough financial aid to cover the full demonstrated need of qualified former American servicemen and servicewomen, starting in the fall of 2009.
"Amherst has a deep respect for those who choose to serve this country through the military, and we hope that this scholarship fund will open a few doors for them," said the ...
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Profile: Jelly Roll Morton and his song "King Porter Stomp"
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...0000 Profile: Jelly Roll Morton and his song King...with Alan Lomax, Jelly Roll elaborated on the...constructed, and Morton expounded. (Sounbite...riff. SPITZER: Jelly Roll was a commanding...that if Jelly Roll Morton was not the actual...
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Analysis: Jelly Roll Morton plays the Library of Congress
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...06-2005 Analysis: Jelly Roll Morton plays the Library of...ended up recording Jelly Roll Morton? Ms. WOOD: When he...Americans dressed up, as Jelly Roll puts it, like the Indians...of recording) Mr. MORTON: They would dance and...
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"Oh, Mister Jelly": A Jelly Roll Morton Scrapbook. (Book Reviews).
Magazine article from: Notes
; ...Oh, Mister Jelly": A Jelly Roll Morton Scrapbook...available on Morton, Kansas City...transcribed in Mister Jelly Roll [1949...TheJelly Roll Blues" by...Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton...inclusion of Morton holographs...
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Early Recordings of Jelly Roll Morton Released
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...0000 BOB EDWARDS, Host: Jelly Roll Morton said he invented jazz back in...entertainer in the business. JELLY ROLL MORTON: [excerpt of 1938 interviews...daylights out of it. [excerpt of Jelly Roll Morton performing `Maple Leaf Rag...
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HumanitiesFest highlights Jelly Roll Morton's art
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender
; ...HumanitiesFest highlights Jelly Roll Morton's art During my life...composers such as Jelly Roll Morton that will be presented...the Simpson Theatre. Jelly Roll's manuscripts will...significance of Jelly Roll Morton's manuscripts, Sunday...
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Jelly Roll Morton
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
; ...going to hear some music by Jelly Roll Morton on a player piano a long way...Nonesuch Records, called Jelly Roll Morton, The Piano Rolls. And she is going to be our guide to the music of Jelly Roll Morton. First of all, thanks for...
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The Jelly Roll Morton Centennial.
Magazine article from: National Review
; ...jazz critics. But Jelly Roll Morton had a period of...Night after night, Jelly Roll played, sang...instantaneous glass discs. Jelly Roll got the whisky...autobiography" of Morton. Rudi Blesh...The Jelly Roll Morton Centennial (BMG...
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Jazzman Jelly Roll Morton denied what his music couldn't.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...s first great man, Jelly Roll Morton, was of mixed heritage...title role as Jelly Roll Morton on his last night on...LaMenthe, remembered by Jelly Roll's color-obsessed...married a man named Willie Morton, who gave the youngster...
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Biography rehabilitates reputation of key figure in birth of jazz; Finally, Jelly Roll Morton gets his due.(DAILY DATEBOOK)(Review)
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle
; Byline: Joel Selvin Jelly's Blues The Life, Music and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton By Howard Reich and William...maligned than Jelly Roll Morton? He has been branded...landmark jazz recordings as Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers...
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Maurice Hines Stars As Jelly Roll Morton
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel
; ...Maurice Hines Stars As Jelly Roll Morton. The first national...jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton, Savion Glover is reprising...Chimney Man" escorts Jelly on a journey of his loves...Festival. Music is by Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson...
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