Now, visionary director Robert O’Hara (A Raisin in the Sun) takes up the mantle of this wildly imaginative show that interrogates the self-declared “inventor of jazz” in a purgatorial afterlife, accusing him of denying and denigrating his cultural legacy. With showstopping numbers like “That’s How You Jazz” crafted by lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Working) and composer Luther Henderson from Morton’s own music, Jelly’s Last Jam captures the profound contradictions behind the artist’s explosive talent. Brilliantly utilizing two of this country’s most potent forms of storytelling—jazz and musical theater—Jelly’s Last Jam weaves a complex fable of American history, legacy, and truth.
Shreveport Stomp [i]
The Crave
Kansas City Stomp
Mr. Jelly Lord
Someday Sweetheart [i]
Pep
If Someone Would Only Love Me [i]
Wolverine
Black Bottom Stomp
Mamie's Blues [i]
Original Jelly Roll Blues
Prologue
Jelly's Jam
In My Day
The Creole Way
The Whole World's Waitin' to Sing Your Song
Street Scene
Michigan Waters
Get Away Boy
Lonely Boy Blues
Something More
The Pool Game
That's How You Jazz
The Chicago Stomp
Play the Music for Me
Lovin'Is a Low Down Blues
Good Ole New York
Too Late, Daddy
That's the Way We Do Things in New Yawk
Door Slam
Jelly's Isolation Dance
The Last Chance Blues
The Last Chance
The Last Rites
Boy, Pretty Boy
Creole Boy
We Are the Rhythms That Color Your Song
Jelly Dancing on the Moon
De Chimney Man
Le Famile Creole
L'Abandonnement
Jizz/Jazz
Don't You Leave Me Here
You Can't Stop Jelly (When Jelly's on a Roll)
The Night's Singing Another Song
Welcome to West Hell
Listen Fool
I'm Here
You
The Hunnies' Rag
Winin' Boy
Someday Sweetheart [ii]
Doctor Jazz
Doctor Jazz
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