[78-L] I just love great album art

[Han Enderman]

It is a well-known jazz story that Morton claimed to have invented jazz in 1902.
This was in the late 30s, when he attacked W.C. Handy's interview in Down Beat.

I have another bad picture of this General album, which clearly reads 'invented' in italics.
Luckily we have wikipedia, which confirms this when we google "morton + invented jazz": 

"Reputed for his arrogance and self-promotion as often as recognized in his day for his musical talents, Morton claimed to have invented jazz outright in 1902 - much to the derision of later musicians and critics. However, jazz historian Gunther Schuller writes about Morton's "hyperbolic assertions" that there is "no proof to the contrary" and that Morton's "considerable accomplishments in themselves provide reasonable substantiation"."

It seems that wikipedia, like Jelly, doesn't get sufficient praise in certain circles, isn't it.....?

han enderman
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>>> From Geoffrey Wheeler (who for some reason still can't post to the list):
On 11/28/2011 6:32 PM, dialjazz at frontier.com wrote:
>
>> From what I can see in an illustration in my copy of a January 1942 General Records Catalogue of the Jelly Roll's On album, the mysterious word is "invented" printed in italics for emphasis. Despite the copy on the front of the album cover, this was a new low-cost three-record package that sold for $1.75. There were three other albums issued in this price range. This is NOT the same thing as the "New Orleans Memories" album that was originally issued at a retail price of $5.50. In the January 1942 Catalogue, the price was lowered to $4.50. From General, the Morton records went over to Commodore, which issued them in their regular series.
> Geoffrey
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On 11/28/2011 5:58 PM, Mike Daley wrote:
> looks like "invented" in puffed-up letters to me.
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:29 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>> Can anybody figure what the second-last word is in the description below the
>> title? I think it's "invented"..what say you?
>>
>> dl
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>> On 11/28/2011 5:21 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
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>>> Initially, I thought the apostrophe was misused, but in looking at it, the apostrophe makes the title a nasty little pun. Nice job, General.
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
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>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:19:59 -0500
>>>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>>>> To: 78-L at 78online.com
>>>> Subject: [78-L] I just love great album art
>>>>
>>>> http://www.popsike.com/pix/20110909/320757018122.jpg
>>>>
>>>> dl
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