One of the legends of piano rock from Crescent City (the son of the legend Jelly Roll Morton, the younger brother of legends like Professor Longhair and Fats Domino, as well as someone who shared labels and stages with a legend like Little Richard) passed away about ten days ago at the age of 89 – and not a soul bothered (I would say had the honor) to remember him.
Well, let’s leave it to those who – thanks to that wonderful Soul Jazz anthology on the music of New Orleans, from piano rock to funk – had the fortune to encounter Him among a thousand wonders. And this piece.
Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu