Anthony Coleman Plays the Music of Jelly Roll Morton

Thu 08 Jan, 2004, 8pm
Lower East Side

Composer/pianist Anthony Coleman will play the music of Jelly Roll Morton, “the first great composer and piano player of Jazz. He was a talented arranger who wrote special scores that took advantage of the three-minute limitations of the 78 rpm records. But more than all these things, he was a real character whose spirit shines brightly through history, like his diamond studded smile.”