Jelly Roll Morton: The Crave

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The Crave is arguably the summa of the early 20's jazz piano music, composed by none other than the "Inventor of Jazz" (according to himself ), Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton - a super eccentric personality, as you may have guessed. A catchy tune accompanied by Spanishy rhythms: the influence of latin music is clear, taking the form of a Tango with innumerable syncopes - this being a fundamental trait of jazz practice.
In endeavouring its performance, I couldn't refrain myself from adding some improvisatory spicing (in the restatement of the A section), hoping to have somehow maintained a consistency in style.