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Overview

Synopsis

Jelly's Last Jam is the story of the jazz pioneer, Jelly Roll Morton. The show starts with Jelly playing piano in the whorehouses of Storyville and finishes with Jelly being a star living in Chicago.

Show Information

Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
Genres
Cast Size
medium
Ideal For
Mostly Male Cast, Medium Cast

Characters

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Character Portrayals

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Songs

Act I

  • Jelly's Jam
  • In My Day
  • The Creole Way
  • The Whole World's Waitin' to Sing Your Song
  • Street Scene
  • Michigan Water
  • Get Away Boy
  • Lonely Boy Blues
  • Somethin' More
  • That's How You Jazz
  • The Chicago Stomp
  • Play the Music for Me
  • Lovin' Is a Lowdown Blues
  • Dr. Jazz

Act II

  • Good Ole New York
  • Too Late, Daddy
  • That's the Way We Do Things in New Yawk
  • Jelly's Isolation Dance
  • The Last Chance Blues
  • The Last Rites

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.