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The Lomaxes
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This chapter follows field recordists John Lomax and his son Alan, working as a team and independently, as they amassed an astonishing collection of “Liza Jane” variants across numerous idioms. Together, they recorded essential folk musicians such as Wilson “Stavin’ Chain” Jones and Pete Harris. Alan Lomax in particular recorded widely across the “Liza Jane” family, collecting efforts by gospel singer Bessie Jones, the White Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, old-time musician Aunt Molly Jackson, Kentucky fiddler Luther Strong, and hot jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton, among many others. All told, the Lomaxes assembled a collection of “Liza Jane” material that crossed from Black to white, female to male, 1930s to 1980s, folk to blues, piano to fiddle. This collection would exceed the catalogues of most major record labels and demonstrate the deep saturation of “Liza Jane” songs across the United States, among numerous cultural traditions.
Title: The Lomaxes
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This chapter follows field recordists John Lomax and his son Alan, working as a team and independently, as they amassed an astonishing collection of “Liza Jane” variants across numerous idioms.
Together, they recorded essential folk musicians such as Wilson “Stavin’ Chain” Jones and Pete Harris.
Alan Lomax in particular recorded widely across the “Liza Jane” family, collecting efforts by gospel singer Bessie Jones, the White Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, old-time musician Aunt Molly Jackson, Kentucky fiddler Luther Strong, and hot jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton, among many others.
All told, the Lomaxes assembled a collection of “Liza Jane” material that crossed from Black to white, female to male, 1930s to 1980s, folk to blues, piano to fiddle.
This collection would exceed the catalogues of most major record labels and demonstrate the deep saturation of “Liza Jane” songs across the United States, among numerous cultural traditions.