Alan Lomax found & recorded Jelly Roll Morton in Washington D.C. in 1938, convincing him to play his old brothel songs from Storyville, New Orleans, which were so raunchy that some were not released by the Library of Congress until 67 years later in 2005.

“[Charlie Parker] could play a tomato can and make it sound great” – Red Rodney, trumpeter

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