A review by teresatumminello
How Jelly Roll Morton Invented Jazz by Jonah Winter

4.0

I plucked this book off a shelf at the New Orleans Jazz Market this evening after listening to Kermit Ruffin's happy-hour set there; and it was the perfect coda. (I'd also started a children's book about Trombone Shorty, but didn't get to finish it.) What a set -- Kermit channeled Louis Armstrong and then ended with an Adam Levine song. Hats-off as well to the guest slide-trombonist, especially for 'Hold That Tiger': I didn't catch her name, but she was amazing too. Anyway... the book ... perfect mythical text, beautiful illustrations reminiscent of my favorite N.O. artist Terrence Osborne: I just didn't see the point of the 'recipe' in the middle. Gorgeous book, though; I thought it was great.