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Woody Herman took the stately "Pomp and Circumstance" and made it a party. Photo Illustration: Lars Gotrich; Photos: Keystone/Hulton Archive, iStock. hide caption

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Photo Illustration: Lars Gotrich; Photos: Keystone/Hulton Archive, iStock.

Professor Longhair's "Tipitina" is a New Orleans funk staple and a template for the New Orleans piano style. Eric Bookhart/Harvest Records hide caption

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Eric Bookhart/Harvest Records

Jazz 2005: Kevin Whitehead's Top 10

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Patti Smith, Jelly Roll Morton, Jens Lekman

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Jelly Roll Morton: 'His Best Recordings: 1926-1939'

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Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe, better known as Jelly Roll Morton. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

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'King Porter Stomp'

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