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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | London Blues
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| 2. | Soap Suds
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| 3. | Black Bottom Stomp
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| 4. | Smoke-House Blues
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| 5. | The Chant
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| 6. | Sidewalk Blues
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| 7. | Dead Man Blues
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| 8. | Steamboat Stomp
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| 9. | Grandpa's Spells
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| 10. | Original Jelly Roll Blues
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| 11. | Doctor Jazz
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| 12. | Cannon Ball Blues
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| 13. | Hyena Stomp
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| 14. | Billy Goat Stomp
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| 15. | Wild Man Blues
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| 16. | Jungle Blues
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| 17. | Beale Street Blues
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| 18. | The Pearls
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| 19. | Midnight Mama
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| 20. | Mr Jelly Lord
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| 21. | Georgia Swing
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| 22. | Kansas City Stomps
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| 23. | Shoe Shiner's Drag
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| 24. | Boogaboo
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Shreveport
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| 2. | Mournful Serenade
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| 3. | Deep Creek
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| 4. | Seattle Hunch
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| 5. | Freakish
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| 6. | Burnin' The Iceberg
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| 7. | Courthouse Bump
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| 8. | Pretty Lil
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| 9. | Sweet Aneta Mine
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| 10. | New Orleans Bump
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| 11. | Sweet Peter
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| 12. | Jersey Joe
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| 13. | Mississippi Mildred
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| 14. | Mint Julep
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| 15. | Smilin' The Blues Away
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| 16. | Turtle Twist
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| 17. | Fussy Mabel
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| 18. | Ponchatrain
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| 19. | Low Gravy
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| 20. | Blue Blood Blues
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| 21. | Climax Rag
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| 22. | Don't You Leave Me Here
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| 23. | West End Blues
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| 24. | Ballin' The Jack
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| 25. | Sweet Substitute
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| 26. | Panama
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Jazz / Dixieland, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Trad Jazz
Frances Hereford Vocals
Jelly Roll Morton Commentary, Vocals, Dialogue
Lew LeMar Vocals
CD1
1: JELLY ROLL MORTON’S JAZZ BAND
2: ST LOUIS LEVEE BAND
3-18: JELLY ROLL MORTON’S RED HOT PEPPERS
19 & 20: LEVEE SERENADERS
21-24: JELLY ROLL MORTON’S RED HOT PEPPERS
CD2
1 & 2: JELLY ROLL MORTON’S RED HOT PEPPERS
3: JELLY ROLL MORTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
4 & 5: JELLY ROLL MORTON (PIANO SOLOS)
6-10: JELLY ROLL MORTON & HIS ORCHESTRA
11-14: JELLY ROLL MORTON & HIS RED HOT PEPPERS
15 & 16: JELLY ROLL MORTON TRIO
17-20: JELLY ROLL MORTON & HIS RED HOT PEPPERS
21-24: JELLY ROLL MORTON’S NEW ORLEANS JAZZMEN
25 & 26: JELLY ROLL MORTON’S SEVEN
A strange mixture of genius, musician poet, snob and braggart, so our latest inductee into the Essential Collection was described by legendary record producer George Avakian.
Jelly Roll Morton or Ferdinand as his mother no doubt preferred to call him was born around 1890 in the home of jazz, New Orleans. He was learning his craft from a young age in bars and brothels but it wasn’t until 1926 that he secured a recording contract with the Victor Recording Company.
During a highly fertile and creative four year period he went on to record many of his most loved compositions, many of which are of course featured here!
We conclude with six cuts from 1939-1940 when he started to record again after a quiet period.
The early works of Jelly Roll Morton have been reissued ad infinitum, most prominently by the Smithsonian Institution and Rounder Records, respectively. This double CD contains a large chunk of the group recordings from Morton as a leader, including many of the tunes that made him the godfather of early vintage jazz. Principal among the some 50 tracks are those with his Red Hot Peppers, along with a smattering from his legitimate Orchestra, his Seven, his Levee Serenaders, his New Orleans Jazzmen, and the St. Louis Levee Band. The sound quality is very good except for the first two tracks, the thinly produced "London Blues" and "Soap Suds." Otherwise, this enjoyable compilation pretty much lives up to the title of "Essential" for this part of Morton's career. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
Jelly Roll Morton
Active Decades: '20s, '30s and '40s
Born: Oct 20, 1890 in New Orleans, LA
Died: Jul 10, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Dixieland, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
One of the very first giants of jazz, Jelly Roll Morton did himself a lot of harm posthumously by exaggerating his worth, claiming to have invented jazz in 1902. Morton's accomplishments as an early innovator are so vast that he did not really need to stretch the truth.
Morton was jazz's first great composer, writing such songs as "King Porter Stomp," "Grandpa's Spells," "Wolverine Blues," "The Pearls," "Mr. Jelly Roll," "Shreveport Stomp," "Milenburg Joys," "Black Bottom Stomp," "The Chant," "Original Jelly Roll Blues," "Doctor Jazz," "Wild Man Blues," "Winin' Boy Blues," "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say," "Don't You Leave Me Here," and "Sweet Substitute." He was a talented arranger (1926's "Black Bottom Stomp" is remarkable), getting the most out of the three-minute limitations of the 78 record by emphasizing changing instrumentation, concise solos and dynamics. He was a greatly underrated pianist who had his own individual style. Although he only took one vocal on records in the 1920s ("Doctor Jazz"), Morton in his late-'30s recordings proved to be an effective vocalist. And he was a true character.
Jelly Roll Morton's pre-1923 activities are shrouded in legend. He started playing piano when he was ten, worked in the bordellos of Storyville while a teenager (for which some of his relatives disowned him) and by 1904 was traveling throughout the South. He spent time in other professions (as a gambler, pool player, vaudeville comedian and even a pimp) but always returned to music. The chances are good that in 1915 Morton had few competitors among pianists and he was an important transition figure between ragtime and early jazz. He played in Los Angeles from 1917-1922 and then moved to Chicago where, for the next six years, he was at his peak. Morton's 1923-24 recordings of piano solos introduced his style, repertoire and brilliance. Although his earliest band sides were quite primitive, his 1926-27 recordings for Victor with his Red Hot Peppers are among the most exciting of his career. With such sidemen as cornetist George Mitchell, Kid Ory or Gerald Reeves on trombone, clarinetists Omer Simeon, Barney Bigard, Darnell Howard or Johnny Dodds, occasionally Stomp Evans on C-melody, Johnny St. Cyr or Bud Scott on banjo, bassist John Lindsay and either Andrew Hilaire or Baby Dodds on drums, Morton had the perfect ensembles for his ideas. He also recorded some exciting trios with Johnny and Baby Dodds.
With the center of jazz shifting to New York by 1928, Morton relocated. His bragging ways unfortunately hurt his career and he was not able to always get the sidemen he wanted. His Victor recordings continued through 1930 and, although some of the performances are sloppy or erratic, there were also a few more classics. Among the musicians Morton was able to use on his New York records were trumpeters Ward Pinkett, Red Allen and Bubber Miley, trombonists Geechie Fields, Charles Irvis and J.C. Higginbotham, clarinetists Omer Simeon, Albert Nicholas and Barney Bigard, banjoist Lee Blair, guitarist Bernard Addison, Bill Benford on tuba, bassist Pops Foster and drummers Tommy Benford, Paul Barbarin and Zutty Singleton.
But with the rise of the Depression, Jelly Roll Morton drifted into obscurity. He had made few friends in New York, his music was considered old-fashioned and he did not have the temperament to work as a sideman. During 1931-37 his only appearance on records was on a little-known Wingy Manone date. He ended up playing in a Washington D.C. dive for patrons who had little idea of his contributions. Ironically Morton's "King Porter Stomp" became one of the most popular songs of the swing era, but few knew that he wrote it. However in 1938 Alan Lomax recorded him in an extensive and fascinating series of musical interviews for the Library of Congress. Morton's storytelling was colorful and his piano playing in generally fine form as he reminisced about old New Orleans and demonstrated the other piano styles of the era. A decade later the results would finally be released on albums.
Morton arrived in New York in 1939 determined to make a comeback. He did lead a few band sessions with such sidemen as Sidney Bechet, Red Allen and Albert Nicholas and recorded some wonderful solo sides but none of those were big sellers. In late 1940, an ailing Morton decided to head out to Los Angeles but, when he died at the age of 50, he seemed like an old man. Ironically his music soon became popular again as the New Orleans jazz revivalist movement caught fire and, if he had lived just a few more years, the chances are good that he would have been restored to his former prominence (as was Kid Ory).
Jelly Roll Morton's early piano solos and classic Victor recordings (along with nearly every record he made) have been reissued on CD.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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