The rhythm was also later used in the classical piano works of New Orleans born composer Louis Moreau Gottshalk around 1840. Jelly Roll Morton quote: Now in one of my earliest tunes, New Orleans Blues, you can notice the Spanish tinge.
The Best of Jelly Roll Morton Piano solo - Intermédiaire Hal Leonard (3) 14.99. 17 scores found for 'Jelly-Roll-Morton PIANO Jazz' for PIANO. The Habanera beat and the Latino clave adaptation is thought to be of Haitian (African) origin and was spread to Cuba and Southern Louisiana by the refugees from the Haitian Revolution in the late 17 and early 1800s. Morton was the first serious composer of jazz, naming and popularizing the 'Spanish tinge' of exotic rhythms and penning such standards as 'Wolverine Blues', 'Black Bottom Stomp'. NOLA is definitely the most important center in the U.S. The Afro-American music tradition is a continuum with differing local variation and history. Jelly Roll Morton, Volume 4: The Spanish Tinge (Circle Limited Edition 306). This was commonly practiced in early tangos which are otherwise similar to ragtime. It is an adaptation of the Habanera beat used on the first bar of the 3/2 Latino clave. Morton syncopates the left hand rhythm with an accent on the up beat (second half) on the 2nd beat of the bar instead of the down beat on the 3rd as in normal two beat rhythm. Jelly was the first to coin the term "Spanish Tinge" on record during his historic Library of Congress sessions held by Alan Lomax. "Creepy Feeling" is among Jelly Roll Morton's lesser known pieces to be played in the Afro-Latin style which he referred to as Spanish Tinge. For a performance of this number by Butch Thompson This recording featuring, legendary New Orleans pianist Jelly Roll Morton was made in Washington, D.C.
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