“Then we had Spanish people there. I heard a lot of Spanish tunes… Now in one of my earliest tunes, "New Orleans Blues", you can notice the Spanish tinge. In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning, I call it, for jazz.
– “Jelly Roll” Morton, Library of Congress sessions, 1938
The colorful pianist, bandleader and composer Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (who was professionally known as Jelly Roll Morton) always claimed he invented jazz in 1902 out of the various musical influences he experienced coming of age in New Orleans. Whatever one’s thoughts on this claim (like the ODJB, Morton was inclined to self-promotion!), his identification of a “Spanish tinge” in the rich ethno-cultural mix that was jazz as he understood it, is compelling and very evident in the history of 20th century popular music. Jesse Cloninger and the Emerald City Jazz Kings close their season with an exploration of the “Latin tinge”, with an intriguing collection of tunes hailing from both sides of the border, from the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington (“Caravan”, “Perdido”), The Andrew Sisters (“Rum an Coca Cola”, “Tico Tico”), Desi Arnaz (“Cuban Pete, “In Santiago, Chile”), Carmen Miranda, and more!
| | | Event Personnel | | | | | | Idit Shner, reeds
| Shirley Andress, vocalsMichael Stone, vocalsSiri Vik, vocalsVicki Brabham, pianoMark Forrest, guitarMerlin Showalter, drumsNathan Waddell, bassSean Flannery, reedsJoe Manis, reedsGlenn Bonney, tromboneGlenn Griffith, tromboneDave Bender, trumpetDoug Doerfert, trumpetCody Simmons, trumpet |
| | Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White (1950) Words by Mack David, Jacques Larue - Music by Louiguy |
| | South American Way (1939) Words by Al Dubin - Music by Jimmy McHugh |
| |  | Carioca (1933) Flying Down to Rio Words by Gus Kahn, Edward Eliscu - Music by Vincent Youmans |
| | Cuban Pete (1936) Words & music by José Norman |
| |  | Mañana (1947) Words & music by Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour |
| | Moon Over Cuba (1939) Music by Juan Tizol |
| |  | Sway (1953) Words by Norman Gimbel - Music by Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Luis Demetrio translation of ¿Quién será? |
| |  | Bésame Mucho (1940) Words by Consuelo Velázquez (sp), Sunny Skylar (en) - Music by Consuelo Velázquez |
| | Manteca (1947) Music by Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo |
| | Mambo #5 (1949) Music by Dámaso Pérez Prado |
| | Tampico (1945) Words by Doris Fischer - Music by Allan Roberts |
| | Mambo Italiano (1954) Words & music by Bob Merrill |
| | In Santiago, Chile (‘Tain’t Chilly at All) (1948) Words by Albert Gamse - Music by Jimmy Carroll |
| | All My Love (Bolero) (1950) Words by Mitchell Parish - Music by Paul Durand |
| |  | Perdido (1942) Words by Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder - Music by Juan Tizol |
| |  | Caravan (1937) Words by Irving Mills - Music by Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol |
| |  | Bali Ha'i (1949) South Pacific Words by Oscar Hammerstein II - Music by Richard Rodgers |
| |  | Rum And Coca Cola (1944) Words by Morey Amsterdam - Music by Paul Baron, Jeri Sullavan |
| | The Peanut Vendor (1928) Words & music by Moises Simons |
| |  | Tico-Tico (1927) Words by Aloysio de Oliveira - Music by Zequinha de Abreu |
| | Papa Loves Mambo (1954) Words & music by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Bix Reichner |
| | | Featured composers, lyricists, creators | | | | | Morey Amsterdam, 1908-1996 Dave Barbour, - Paul Baron, - Jimmy Carroll, - Mack David, 1912-1993 Zequinha de Abreu, 1880-1935 Aloysio de Oliveira, 1914-1995 Luis Demetrio, - Ervin Drake, 1919- Al Dubin, 1891-1945Paul Durand, 1907-1977 Edward Eliscu, 1902-1998 Duke Ellington, 1899-1974 Doris Fischer, 1915-2003 Gil Fuller, 1920-1994 Albert Gamse, 1901-1974 Dizzy Gillespie, 1918-1993 Norman Gimbel, - Mack Gordon, 1904-1959 Oscar Hammerstein II, 1895-1960 Al Hoffman, 1902-1960 Gus Kahn, 1886-1941Jacques Larue, 1906-1961 Peggy Lee, 1920-2002 Hans Lengsfelder, 1903-1979 Louiguy, 1916-1991 Dick Manning, 1912-1991 Jimmy McHugh, 1895-1969 Bob Merrill, 1921-1998 Irving Mills, 1894-1985 José Norman, 1906-1990 Mitchell Parish, 1900-1993 Chano Pozo, 1915-1948 Dámaso Pérez Prado, 1916-1989 Bix Reichner, -1989 Allan Roberts, 1905-1966 Richard Rodgers, 1902-1979 Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, 1915-2008 Moises Simons, 1889-1945 Sunny Skylar, - Jeri Sullavan, - Juan Tizol, 1900-1984 Consuelo Velázquez, 1916-2005 Harry Warren, 1893-1981Vincent Youmans, 1898-1946 |
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