''Freakish'' (subtitled ''Anthony Coleman Plays Jelly Roll Morton'') is a solo album by pianist

Anthony Coleman Anthony Coleman (born August 30, 1955) is an avant-garde jazz pianist. During the 1980s and 1990s he worked with John Zorn on '' Cobra'', ''Kristallnacht'', ''The Big Gundown'', ''Archery'', and ''Spillane'' and helped push modern Jewish music in ...

performing compositions by

Jelly Roll Morton Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a gen ...

which was released on the

Tzadik Tzadik ( he, צַדִּיק , "righteous ne, also ''zadik'', ''ṣaddîq'' or ''sadiq''; pl. ''tzadikim'' ''ṣadiqim'') is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The ...

label in 2009.Tzadik catalogue
accessed January 16, 2014

Reception

In his review for

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, arwulf arwulf states "Coleman's readings of "The Crave," "The Pearls," "Frog-I-More," and "Mr. Jelly Lord" are so intelligently and creatively delivered that anyone with the slightest interest in 20th century music really ought to consider making time for this recital".

Track listing

''All compositions by Jelly Roll Morton'' # "Freakish" - 3:40 # "Fickle Fay Creep (Soap Suds)" - 5:08 # "Buffalo Blues (Mr. Joe)" - 3:41 # "Frances (Fat Frances)" - 3:22 # "Mr. Jelly Lord" - 4:03 # "Mamanita" - 4:44 # "Pretty Lil" - 3:57 # "The Pearls" - 6:03 # "Frog-I-More" - 5:22 # "The Crave" - 3:29 # "Mama's Got a Baby" - 4:05 # "Freakish (Version Two)" - 4:21 # "

King Porter Stomp "King Porter Stomp" is a jazz standard by pianist Jelly Roll Morton, first recorded in 1923. The composition is considered to be important in the development of jazz.Magee, Jeffrey. "'King Porter Stomp' and the Jazz Tradition", p.46, ''Current Mus ...

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Personnel

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

References

{{Authority control Tzadik Records albums Anthony Coleman albums 2009 albums