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Review

The good news is that Gregory Hines, playing the part of Jelly Roll Morton in this successful Broadway musical, creates a full-bodied character and performs it with conviction and gusto. His Jelly is proud, impressive, and ultimately tragic. The bad news is that he is also fictional: Writer-director George C. Wolfe has distorted Jelly Roll Morton's true story to tell a fable about African-American assimilation and the evolution of jazz. Unfortunately, Luther Henderson's musical adaptation does to Morton's music what Wolfe does to his life, and the result will be frowned upon by jazz fans, even though it conforms to Broadway conventions. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Prologue	...		Keith David	(1:11)
The Jam	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Crowd, Allison Williams, Stephanie Pope	(3:58)
In My Day	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Crowd, Allison Williams, Stephanie Pope	(3:39)
The Creole Way	...		Savion Glover	(1:39)
The Whole World's Waitin'to Sing Your Song	...		Gregory Hines, Crowd, Savion Glover	(4:30)
Michigan Water	...	Susan Birkenhead, Traditional	Mary Bond Davis	(5:43)
The Banishment	...		Gregory Hines, Ann Duquesnay, Savion Glover	(4:13)
Somethin' More [Includes The Pool Game]	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Gregory Hines, Allison Williams, Stanley Wayne Mathis, Stephanie Pope	(5:00)
That's How You Jazz	...	Susan Birkenhead	Gregory Hines, Crowd, Stanley Wayne Mathis	(6:47)
The Chicago Strut	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Gregory Hines, Crowd, Allison Williams, Keith David, Stephanie Pope	(3:24)
Play the Music for Me	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Tonya Pinkins	(3:12)
Lovin' Is a Lowdown Blues	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Allison Williams, Stephanie Pope	(6:32)
Doctor Jazz	...	King Oliver, Walter Melrose	Gregory Hines, Crowd	(2:40)
Good Ole New York	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Gregory Hines, Crowd, Allison Williams, Keith David, Stephanie Pope	(1:35)
Too Late, Daddy	...	Susan Birkenhead	Gregory Hines, Crowd, Allison Williams, Keith David, Stephanie Pope	(3:28)
That's the Way We Do Things in New York	...	King Oliver, Walter Melrose	Gregory Hines	(3:11)
Good Ole New York Reprise [Door Slam]	...	Jelly Roll Morton		(2:25)
Last Chance Blues	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Gregory Hines, Tonya Pinkins	(4:17)
The Scene: Last Chance [Incluse Central Avenue]	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Crowd, Allison Williams, Keith David, Stephanie Pope	(2:02)
The Scene: Last Rites [Includes Boy Pretty Boy]	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Cast	(1:45)
Creole Boy	...	Susan Birkenhead	Gregory Hines	(3:14)
Finale (We Are the Rhythms That Color Your Song)	...	Jelly Roll Morton, Susan Birkenhead	Cast	(2:39)

Credits

Gregory Hines (Performer), Bill Easley (Reeds), Bill Easley (Reeds (Multiple)), Crowd (Performer), Steve Bargonetti (Banjo), Steve Bargonetti (Harmonica), Luther Henderson (Adaptation), Britt Woodman (Trombone), Britt Woodman (Tenor (Vocal)), George Barrow (Reeds), George Barrow (Reeds (Multiple)), Ben Brown (Bass), Vincent Caro (Engineer), Jimmy Cozier (Reeds), Jimmy Cozier (Reeds (Multiple)), Stanton Davis, Jr. (Trumpet), Joseph Daley (Tuba), Brian Grice (Drums), Virgil Jones (Trumpet), Doug McKean (Assistant Engineer), David Merrill (Assistant Engineer), David Merrill (Mixing Assistant), Mike Migliore (Reeds), Mike Migliore (Reeds (Multiple)), James Nichols (Engineer), Leonard Oxley (Piano), Ben Rizzi (Engineer), Ben Rizzi (Mixing), Tommy Shepard (Producer), Warren Smith (Percussion), Byron Stripling (Trumpet), Linda Twine (Conductor), Daryl Waters (Piano), Daryl Waters (Conductor), Dennis Wilson (Trombone), Sandy Palmer Grassi (Assistant Engineer), Thomas Z. Shepard (Producer), Joe Lopes (Engineer), Ben Argueta (Design), Major Little (Assistant Engineer), Martha Swope (Photography), Susan Birkenhead (Liner Notes), Ann Duquesnay (Performer), Wolfgang Kuhl (Illustrations), Wolfgang Kuhl (Cover Design), Allison Williams (Performer), Savion Glover (Performer), Stanley Wayne Mathis (Performer), John Miller (Coordination), Keith David (Performer), Stephanie Pope (Performer), Tonya Pinkins (Performer)