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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Big Fat Ham
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| 2. | Muddy Water Blues
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| 3. | Sobbin' Blues
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| 4. | King Porter Stomp
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| 5. | New Orleans Joys
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| 6. | Clarinet Marmalade
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| 7. | Mr. Jelly Lord
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| 8. | Grandpa's Spells
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| 9. | Kansas City Stomp
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| 10. | Wolverine Blues
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| 11. | The Pearls
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| 12. | London Blues
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| 13. | Milenberg Joys
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| 14. | Someday, Sweetheart
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| 15. | London Blues
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| 16. | Mr. Jelly Roll
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| 17. | Steady Roll
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| 18. | Thirty-Fifth Street Blues
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| 19. | Mamanita
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| 20. | Froggie Moore
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| 21. | London Blues
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| 22. | Tia Juana
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| 23. | Shreveport Stomp
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| 24. | Mamamita
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| 25. | Jelly Roll Blues
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| 26. | Big Foot Ham (Big Fat Ham)
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Bucktown Blues
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| 2. | Tom Cat Blues
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| 3. | Stratford Hunch
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| 4. | Perfect Rag
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| 5. | King Porter Stomp
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| 6. | Tom Cat Blues
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| 7. | The Pearls
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| 8. | Sweetheart O'Mine
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| 9. | Fat Meat and Greens
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| 10. | King Porter Stomp
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| 11. | Black Bottom Stomp
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| 12. | Smoke-House Blues
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| 13. | The Chant
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| 14. | Sidewalk Blues
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| 15. | Dead Man Blues
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| 16. | Steamboat Stomp
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| 17. | Someday, Sweetheart
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| 18. | Grandpa's Spells
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| 19. | Original Jelly Roll Blues
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| 20. | Doctor Jazz
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| 21. | Cannon Ball Blues
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| 22. | Hyena Stomp
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| 23. | Billy Goat Stomp
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| 24. | Wild Man Blues
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| 25. | Jungle Blues
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| 3. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Beale Street Blues
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| 2. | The Pearls
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| 3. | Wolverine Blues
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| 4. | Mr. Jelly Lord
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| 5. | Georgia Swing
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| 6. | Kansas City Stomps
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| 7. | Shoe Shiner's Drag (London Blues)
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| 8. | Boogaboo
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| 9. | Shreveport Stomp
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| 10. | Mournful Serenade
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| 11. | Red Hot Pepper (Stomp)
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| 12. | Deep Creek (Blues)
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| 13. | Pep
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| 14. | Frances (Fat Frances)
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| 15. | Freakish
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| 16. | Burnin' the Iceberg
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| 17. | Sweet Anita Mine
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| 18. | New Orleans Bump (Monrovia)
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| 19. | Tank Town Bump
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| 20. | Sweet Peter
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| 21. | Jersey Joe
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| 22. | Mississippi Mildred
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| 23. | Mint Julep
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| 24. | Smilin' the Blues Away
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| 25. | Turtle Twist
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| 4. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | My Little Dixie Home
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| 2. | That's Like It Ought to Be
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| 3. | Each Day
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| 4. | If Someone Would Only Love Me
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| 5. | That'll Never Do
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| 6. | I'm Looking for a Little Bluebird
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| 7. | Little Lawrence
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| 8. | Harmony Blues
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| 9. | Fussy Mabel
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| 10. | Pontchartrain Blues
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| 11. | Oil Well
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| 12. | Load of Coal
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| 13. | Crazy Chords
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| 14. | Primrose Stomp
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| 15. | Low Gravy
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| 16. | Strokin' Away
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| 17. | Blue Blood Blues
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| 18. | Mushmouth Shuffle
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| 19. | Gambling Jack
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| 20. | Fickle Fay Creep (Soap Suds)
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| 21. | Winin' Boy Blues
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| 22. | Ballin' the Jack
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| 23. | Don't You Leave Me Here
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| 24. | Mamie's Blues
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| 25. | Michigan Water Blues
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Jazz
This comprehensive 4CD set survey has 101 tracks spanning 1923-1940 including piano solo masterpieces and orchestra and combo performances. The 48 page booklet included in the package, tells the man's story.
Jelly Roll Morton's life was nothing but colourful. He was a great tall tale teller and one of the most flamboyant extroverts jazz has ever known. Trying to separate fact from fiction in Jelly Roll Morton's life is a difficult task. Morton was an outsize braggart who never underestimated his own importance. Hustling formed an important part of his life's work. He was a pool player, a pimp, a bellhop, a tailor, a peddler, a cardsharp, a minstrel, a nightclub manager and a fight promoter, but it was as the first important jazz composer that he made his mark. Jelly Roll Morton was not only the first real jazz composer; he was the first jazz musician to make his entire approach to the music compositional. Whether as a piano soloist or as a leader of orchestras over which he had undoubted control, Morton emerged, and will be chiefly honoured, as the creator of total conceived jazz masterpieces. His grandiose claims as an innovator should not be allowed to obscure the fact that he was a virtually self-contained master of invention, the originator of orchestral jazz.
DISC ONE: KING PORTER STOMP
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orchestra: Prob. Tommy Ladnier, cnt; Roy Palmer, tb; Wilson Townes, cl; Arville Harris, as; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Jasper Taylor, woodblocks
Chicago, June 1923
1434-2 BIG FAT HAM (BIG FOOT HAM)
1435-2 MUDDY WATER BLUES
New Orleans Rhythm Kings: Paul Mares, cnt; George Brunies, tb; Leon Roppolo, cl; Glenn Scoville, as, ts; Jack Pettis, C-melody sax; Don Murray, ts; Jelly Roll Morton, p; unknown, bjo; Chink Martin, tu; Ben Pollack, d
Richmond, Indiana, July 17, 1923
11535-A SOBBIN' BLUES
Jelly Roll Morton, p
Richmond, Indiana, July 17, 1923
11537 KING PORTER STOMP
11538-A NEW ORLEANS JOYS
New Orleans Rhythm Kings: Same date and personnel as "Sobbin' Blues"
11540 CLARINET MARMALADE
11541-A MR. JELLY LORD D
Jelly Roll Morton, p
Richmond, Indiana, July 18, 1923
11544 GRANDPA'S SPELLS
11545 KANSAS CITY STOMP
11546 WOLVERINE BLUES
11547 THE PEARLS
New Orleans Rhythm Kings: Same personnel as "Sobbin' Blues"
Richmond, Indiana, July 18, 1923
11550 LONDON BLUES
11551 MILENBERG JOYS
Jelly Roll Morton's Jazz Band: Natty Dominique, cnt; Zue Robertson, tb; Horace Eubanks, cl; Jelly Roll Morton, p; W.E. Burton, d
Chicago, October 1923
8498-A SOMEDAY, SWEETHEART
8499-A LONDON BLUES
Jelly Roll Morton's Steamboat Four: "Memphis", comb; Boyd Senter, cl, as; Jelly Roll Morton, p; W.E. Burton, kazoo
Chicago, April 1924
8065 MR. JELLY ROLL
Jelly Roll Morton's Stomp Kings: "Memphis", comb; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Russell Senter, kazoo; Boyd Senter, kazoo, bjo
Chicago, April 1924
8066-2 STEADY ROLL
Jelly Roll Morton, p
Chicago, circa April 1924
8071 THIRTY-FIFTH STREET BLUES
8072 MAMANITA
Jelly Roll Morton, p
Chicago, April/May 1924
534 FROGGIE MOORE
535 LONDON BLUES
Jelly Roll Morton, p
Richmond, June 9, 1924
11907-A TIA JUANA
11908-A SHREVEPORT STOMP
11910-A MAMAMITA
11911-A JELLY ROLL BLUES
11912-A BIG FOOT HAM (BIG FAT HAM)
DISC TWO: BLACK BOTTOM STOMP
Jelly Roll Morton, p
Richmond, Indiana, June 9, 1924
11913-A BUCKTOWN BLUES
11914 TOM CAT BLUES
11915-A STRATFORD HUNCH
11917 PERFECT RAG
King Oliver, Piano Accompaniment Jelly Roll Morton: King Oliver, cnt; Jelly Roll Morton, p
Chicago, December 1924
685 KING PORTER STOMP
687 TOM CAT BLUES
Jelly Roll Morton, p
Chicago, April 20, 1926
C-160, E-2863 THE PEARLS
C-163, E-2866 SWEETHEART O'MINE
C-164, E-2867 FAT MEAT AND GREENS
C-166, E-2869 KING PORTER STOMP
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers: George Mitchell, cnt; Kid Ory, tb; Omer Simeon, cl; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Johnny St. Cyr, bjo; John Lindsay, b; Andrew Hilaire, d
Chicago, September 15, 1926
36239-2 BLACK BOTTOM STOMP
36240-2 SMOKE-HOUSE BLUES
36241-2 THE CHANT
George Mitchell, poss. Lee Collins, cnt; Kid Ory, tb; Omer Simeon, Barney Bigard (-1), Darnell Howard (-1), cl; Marty Bloom, effects; Jelly Roll Morton, p, speech; Johnny St. Cyr, bjo, speech,; John Lindsay, b; Andrew Hilaire, d
Chicago, September 21, 1926
36283-2 SIDEWALK BLUES (-1)
36284-1 DEAD MAN BLUES (-1)
36285-3 STEAMBOAT STOMP
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers: George Mitchell, cnt; Kid Ory, tb; Omer Simeon, cl; b-cl (-1); Jelly Roll Morton, p; Johnny St. Cyr, bjo, g; John Lindsay b; Andrew Hilaire, d; Clarence Black-Wright Smith, Darnell Howard, vln (-1)
Chicago, December 16, 1926
37254-2 SOMEDAY, SWEETHEART (-1)
37255-3 GRANDPA'S SPELLS
37256-2 ORIGINAL JELLY ROLL BLUES
37256-3 DOCTOR JAZZ
37258-2 CANNON BALL BLUES
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers: George Mitchell, cnt; Gerald Reeves, tb; Johnny Dodds, cl; Stomp Evans, as; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Bud Scott, g; Quinn Wilson, tu; Baby Dodds, d; Lew Le Mar, effects (-1)
Chicago, June 4, 1927
38627-2 HYENA STOMP (-1)
38628-1 BILLY GOAT STOMP (-1)
38629-1 WILD MAN BLUES
38630-3 JUNGLE BLUES
DISC THREE: MOURNFUL SERENADE
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers: Same personnel as "Jungle Blues"
Chicago, June 10, 1927
38661-1 BEALE STREET BLUES
38662-3 THE PEARLS
Johnny Dodds, cl; Jelly roll Morton, p; Baby Dodds, d
Chicago, June 10, 1927
38663-1 WOLVERINE BLUES
38664-1 MR. JELLY LORD
Ward Pinkett, tp; Geechie Fields, tb; Omer Simeon, d; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Lee Blair, bjo; Bill Benford, brass b; Tommy Benford, d.
New York, June 11, 1928
45619-2 GEORGIA SWING
45620-3 KANSAS CITY STOMPS
45621-3 SHOE SHINER'S DRAG (LONDON BLUES)
45622-2 BOOGABOO
Omer Simeon, cl; Jelly Rolll Morton, p; Tommy Benford, d
New York, June 11, 1928
45623-1 SHREVEPORT STOMP
Geechie Fields, tb; Omer Simeon, cl; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Tommy Benford, d
New York, June 11, 1928
45624-3 MOURNFUL SERENADE
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orchstra: Ed Anderson, Edwin Swayzee, tp; William Cato, tb; Russell Procope, cl, as; Paul Barnes, ss; Joe Garland ts; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Lee Blair, g; Bass Moore, brass, b; Manzie Johnson, d
New York, December 6, 1928
48434-1 RED HOT PEPPER (STOMP)
48435-3 DEEP CREEK (BLUES)
Jelly Roll Morton, p
Camden, New Jersey, July 8, 1929
49448-2 PEP
49450-2 FRANCES (FAT FRANCES)
49451-2 FREAKISH
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orchestra: Red Rossiter, Briscoe Draper, tp; Charlie Irvis, tp; George Baquet, cl; Paul Barnes, ss; Joe Thomas, as; Walter Thomas, ts; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Rod Rodriguez, p; Barney Alexander, bjo; Harry Pratter, brass b; William Laws, d
Camden, New Jersey, July 9, 1929
49452-2 BURNIN' THE ICEBERG
Jelly Roll Morton and his Orchestra: Same personnel as above.
Camden, New Jersey, July 10, 1929
49455-1 SWEET ANITA MINE
49456-1 NEW ORLEANS BUMP (MONROVIA)
49459-2 TANK TOWN BUMP
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers: Henry "Red" Allen, tp; J.C. Higginbotham, tb; Albert Nicholas, cl; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Will Johnson, g; Pops Foster, b; Paul Barbarin, d
New York, November 13, 1929
57080-1 SWEET PETER
57081-1 JERSEY JOE
57082-1 MISSISSIPPI MILDRED
57083-1 MINT JULEP
Jelly Roll Morton Trio: Barney Bigard, cl; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Zutty Singleton, d
New York December 17, 1929
57784-1 SMILIN' THE BLUES AWAY
57785-1 TURTLE TWIST
DISC FOUR: BLUE BLOOD BLUES
Jelly Roll Morton Trio: Barney Bigard, cl; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Zutty Singleton, d
New York, December 17, 1929
57786-1 MY LITTLE DIXIE HOME
57787-2 THAT'S LIKE IT OUGHT TO BE
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers: Ward Pinkett, unknown, tp; Wilbur De Paris, tb; Ernie Bullock or Jerry Blake, cl, b-cl; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Bernard Addison, g; Billy Taylor, tu; Cozy Cole, d
New York, March 5, 1930
59504-1 EACH DAY
59505-2 IF SOMEONE WOULD ONLY LOVE ME
59506-1 THAT'LL NEVER DO
59507-2 I'M LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BLUEBIRD
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers: Ward Pinkett, Bubber Miley, tp; Wilbur De Paris, tb; Lorenzo Tio Jr, cl; Jelly Roll Morton, p; unknown, bjo; Bernard Addison, g; Bill Benford, tu; Tommy Benford, d.
New York, March 19, 1930
59532-2 LITTLE LAWRENCE
59533-1 HARMONY BLUES
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers: Same personnel as above, but Ernie Bullock or Jerry Blake, cl, b-cl; replace Lorenzo Tio Jr
New York, March 20, 1930
59643-1 FUSSY MABEL
59644-1 PONTCHARTRAIN BLUES
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers: Ward Pinkett, unknown, tp; Geechie Fields, tb; Charlie Holmes, cl, as; Joe Thomas, cl, ts; Walter Thomas, cl, ts, bs; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Lee Blair, bjo; Billy Taylor, tu; Cozy Cole, d
New York, June 2, 1930
62182-1 OIL WELL
62183-1 LOAD OF COAL
62184-2 CRAZY CHORDS
62185-1 PRIMROSE STOMP
Ward Pinkett, tp; Geechie Fields, tb; Albert Nicholas, cl; Jelly Roll Moron, p; Howard Hill, gl; Pete Biggs, tu; Tommy Benford, d
New York, July 14, 1930
62339-1 LOW GRAVY
62340-1 STROKIN' AWAY
62341-1 BLUE BLOOD BLUES
62342-1 MUSHMOUTH SHUFFLE
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers: Ward Pinkett, tp; Geechie Fields, tb; Eddie Scarpa, cl; Jelly Roll Morton, p; Bernard Addison, g; Billy Taylor, tu; Bill Beason, d.
New York, October 9, 1930
64313-1 GAMBLING JACK
64314-1 FICKLE FAY CREEP (SOAP SUDS)
Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen: Sidney De Paris, tp; Claude Jones, tb; Albert Nicholas, cl; Sidney Bechet, ss; Happy Caldwell, ts; Jelly Roll Morton, p, voc; Lawrence Lucie, g; Wellman Braud, b; Zutty Singleton, d
New York, September 14, 1939
041459-1 WININ' BOY BLUES
Same personnel as above, but Fred Robinson, tb; replaces Claude Jones; Sidney Bechet, out
New York, September 28, 1939
BS041363-1 BALLIN' THE JACK
Jelly Roll Morton, p, voc.
New York, December 16, 1939
R2572 DON'T YOU LEAVE ME HERE
R2573 MAMIE'S BLUES
R2574 MICHIGAN WATER BLUES
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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