I think Torkanowsky is well acquainted with Jelly Roll. Perhaps not as much as his fellow NOLA pianist Tom McDermott, but it's difficult to grow up in a musical family in New Orleans and not address Morton in some capacity. I think on this track in question he's filtering Jelly Roll through his own Professor Longhair lens. I like his take on it.
Thank you.
some nice things there but, honestly, that tribute to Jelly Roll Morton is clearly by someone who has never actually listened to Morton's music.
I think Torkanowsky is well acquainted with Jelly Roll. Perhaps not as much as his fellow NOLA pianist Tom McDermott, but it's difficult to grow up in a musical family in New Orleans and not address Morton in some capacity. I think on this track in question he's filtering Jelly Roll through his own Professor Longhair lens. I like his take on it.