A concert with playwright VERNEL BAGNERIS (ver-NEL BAHN-er-eese), pianist MORTEN GUNNAR LARSEN. BAGNERIS has just rewritten his and LARSEN's 1992 nightclub revue "Jelly Roll Morton: A Me-morial," and expanded it into an Off-Broadway musical, called "Jelly Roll!" The show is about the legendary New Orleans pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton, who boasted that he was the inventor of jazz. BAGNERIS also wrote, directed, and performed in the off-Broadway shows "One Mo'Time," and it's sequel, "Further Mo'." He also wrote the musical fable "Staggerlee," with Allen Toussaint. (CONCERT REBROADCAST FROM 11/12/92) REV.: Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Natural Born Killers," starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis.
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