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Jelly's Last Jam
Music Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson·Lyrics Susan Birkenhead·Book George C. Wolfe
A musical with a book by George C. Wolfe, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, and music by Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson. It follows jazz pioneer Jelly Roll Morton, who in a kind of limbo after death is forced by a figure called the Chimney Man to look back honestly at his life, his music, and his denial of his Creole and Black heritage.
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