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In Reply to: Re: "The Legend of 1900" posted by rico on June 17, 2006 at 08:44:30:
rico,I did enjoy the Morton/1900 duel in "The Legend Of 1900"- as "1900" was calm and used his pianistic prowess to speak for him instead of boasting. But, I wonder if Jelly Roll was as arrogant as portrayed, or was it just heightened for dramatic effect ? To me, his music has too much humour and postiive energy for him to have had that kind of nasty personality.
The other sequence that has a child-like glee to itis the scene in which "1900" and his trumpeter friend ride the piano, careening around the ballroom during a storm. Gosh, I'd love to have a big room with a "riding piano" !
Cheers,
Bambi B
Follow Ups:
Based on what I have read and on the Library of Congress recordings I would say that he definitely was a braggart but did it with a great deal of charm and humor. Plus it was also said of him that he coould back up every claim tht he made. So I agree that the film sequence made him out nastier than he was in real life.
rico,That's what I suspsected- Jelly Roll Morton couln't be the pure arogant asshole as depitced in "1900", he must've been more like an earlier Muhammad Ali, spouting off, but humourously and intelligently- taking the mickey out of the people that take things so seriously that they can't enjoy it- and that is antithetical to jazz and, I suppose, professional sports.
Plus, Morton had to be brilliant in more than just music- his stuff is so complex and yet integrated in nature.
And yes, he could as advertised- "deliver the goods" whilst committing the tickling of the ivories.
Cheers,
Bambi B
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