Jelly Roll Morton

The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Release date September 27, 2005

Tracklist

1
The Story of "I'm Alabama Bound" (Spoken) / I'm Alabama Bound (Song)
4:03
4:03
2
Time in Mobile (Spoken) / "I'm Alabama Bound," continued (Song)
4:13
4:13
3
"King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) / The Story of "King Porter Stomp" (Spoken)
4:06
4:06
4
The Story of "King Porter Stomp," continued (Spoken) / "You Can Have It, I Don't Want It" (Song) / Copyrights and Battles of Music (Spoken)
3:53
3:53
5
Jell Roll's Background (Spoken)
4:21
4:21
6
Music Lessons (Spoken) / "Miserere" (Piano Instrumental)
4:06
4:06
7
"Miserere," continued (Piano Instrumental) / The French Opera House and the Tenderloin (Spoken)
4:05
4:05
8
The Stomping Grounds
4:15
4:15
9
"The Style of Sammy Davis" (Piano Instrumental) / The Renown of Tony Jackson (Spoken) / "Pretty Baby" (Song)
4:18
4:18
10
Tony Jackson Was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium (Spoken)
4:00
4:00
11
Poor Alfred Wilson (Spoken) / Tony Jackson's "Naked Dance" (Piano Instrumental)
4:03
4:03
12
"Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun (Spoken)
4:21
4:21
13
New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place (Spoken) / "Levee Man Blues" (Song)
4:08
4:08
14
The Story of Aaron Harris (Spoken)
4:05
4:05
15
The Story of Aaron Harris, continued (Spoken) / "Aaron Harris Blues" (Song)
4:06
4:06
16
Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the The Hat That Started a Riot (Spoken)
4:10
4:10
17
The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles (Spoken)
4:05
4:05
18
The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued (Spoken) / "Game Kid Blues" (Song)
4:05
4:05
19
"Game Kid Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Carter Rag" (Piano Instrumental)
3:57
3:57
20
New Orleans Funerals (Spoken) / "Steal Away" (Song) / "Nearer My God to Thee" (Song)
4:18
4:18
21
Funeral Marches (Spoken) / "Flee as the Bird to the Mountain" (Piano Instrumental)
4:12
4:12
22
"Oh! Didn't He Ramble" (Piano Instrumental) / Evolution of Tiger Rag (Spoken) / "Tiger Rag" first and second strains (Piano Instrumental)
4:07
4:07
23
"Tiger Rag" third, fourth, and fifth strains (Piano Instrumental) / "Tiger Rag" transformed (Piano Instrumental)
4:01
4:01
24
"Tiger Rag" (Piano Instrumental) / "Panama" (Piano Instrumental)
4:03
4:03
25
The Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo (Interview and Demonstration) / Harmony, Melody, and Riffs (Interview and Demonstration)
4:40
4:40
26
Jazz Discords and the Story of the "Kansas City Stomp" (Interview and Demonstration) / "Kansas City Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)
4:31
4:31
27
"Kansas City Stomp," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Breaks in Jazz (Interview and Demonstration) / "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Piano Instrumental)
4:35
4:35
28
Slow Swing and "Sweet Jazz Music" (Interview and Demonstration)
4:34
4:34
29
"Salty Dog" (Song) / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law (Spoken)
4:23
4:23
30
"Hesitation Blues" (Interview and Song)
4:30
4:30
31
"My Gal Sal," original and transformation (Interview and Song)
3:53
3:53
32
The St. Louis Scene (Spoken) / Randall's Tune (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style (Piano Instrumental)
4:10
4:10
33
"Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style, conclusion (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," New Orleans style (Piano Instrumental)
4:20
4:20
34
Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Spoken)
4:20
4:20
35
Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued (Spoken) / "Miserere," swinging arrangement, with portion of "Anvil Chorus" (Piano Instrumental)
4:24
4:24
36
"New Orleans Blues" (Song)
3:59
3:59
37
"Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)
3:45
3:45
38
"Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)
4:24
4:24
39
"The Anamule Dance" (Song)
3:47
3:47
40
"The Anamule Dance," continued (Song) / The Story of the "The Anmule Dance" (Spoken) / The Origins of Scat, "Scat Song" (Interview and Demonstration)
4:20
4:20
41
The Great Buddy Bolden (Spoken) / "Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Song)
4:12
4:12
42
The Great Buddy Bolden, continued (Spoken)
4:11
4:11
43
"Mr. Jelly Lord" (Song)
4:10
4:10
44
How Jelly Roll Got His Name (Spoken) / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Piano Instrumental)
4:15
4:15
45
"Original Jelly Roll Blues," continued (Song) / Jelly Roll's Four-Beat Foot (Spoken)
4:10
4:10
46
"Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / Old-Time Honky Tonks (Spoken)
4:06
4:06
47
Real Tough Boys (Spoken)
4:32
4:32
48
Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate (Spoken)
4:33
4:33
49
Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas (Spoken) / "See See Rider" (Song)
4:21
4:21
50
"See See Rider," continued (Song) / Parading With the Broadway Swells (Spoken)
4:25
4:25
51
Parading With the Broadway Swells, continued (Spoken)
4:24
4:24
52
Fights and Weapons (Spoken) / "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Piano Instrumental)
4:28
4:28
53
Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) / "Call of the Freaks" (Song)
4:27
4:27
54
Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale (Spoken)
4:14
4:14
55
Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena (Spoken)
4:34
4:34
56
Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis (Spoken)
4:23
4:23
57
In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy (Spoken) / "Benny Frenchy's Tune" (Piano Instrumental)
4:24
4:24
58
"Benny Frenchy's Tune," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Bad Sam, Memphis' Toughest (Interview) / "The Stomp That Beat Benny Frenchy" (Piano Instrumental) / "All That I Ask Is Love" (Song)
4:24
4:24
59
"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (Interview and Song)
4:16
4:16
60
"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)
4:15
4:15
61
"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)
4:14
4:14
62
"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," conclusion (Song)
4:35
4:35
63
"The Dirty Dozen" (Interview and Song)
4:31
4:31
64
The Murder Ballad, Part One (Song)
4:03
4:03
65
The Murder Ballad, Part Two (Song)
4:18
4:18
66
The Murder Ballad, Part Three (Song)
4:28
4:28
67
The Murder Ballad, Part Four (Song)
4:20
4:20
68
The Murder Ballad, Part Five (Song)
4:13
4:13
69
The Murder Ballad, Part Six (Song)
4:25
4:25
70
The Murder Ballad, conclusion (Song)
4:30
4:30
71
"Fickle Fay Creep" (Piano Instrumental)
3:16
3:16
72
"Jungle Blues" (Piano Instrumental)
3:45
3:45
73
"King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)
2:57
2:57
74
"Sweet Peter" (Piano Instrumental)
3:05
3:05
75
"Hyena Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)
3:34
3:34
76
"Wolverine Blues" (Song)
3:47
3:47
77
"Wolverine Blues," continued (Song)
4:02
4:02
78
"State and Madison" (Piano Instrumental)
3:45
3:45
79
"The Pearls" (Piano Instrumental)
3:31
3:31
80
"The Pearls," continued (Piano Instrumental)
3:35
3:35
81
"Bert Williams" (Piano Instrumental)
3:42
3:42
82
"Freakish" (Piano Instrumental)
4:00
4:00
83
"Pep" (Piano Instrumental)
3:34
3:34
84
The Georgia Skin Game (Spoken)
3:56
3:56
85
The Georgia Skin Game, continued (Spoken)
3:04
3:04
86
The Georgia Skin Game, conclusion (Spoken) / "I'm Gonna Get One and Go Directly" (Song)
3:21
3:21
87
"Ungai Hai," the Sign of the Indians (Interview and Song)
4:11
4:11
88
"New Orleans Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / The Spanish Tinge (Spoken)
4:08
4:08
89
The Spanish Tinge, continued (Interview and Demonstration)
4:15
4:15
90
Improving Spanish Tempos and "Creepy Feeling" (Interview and Piano Instrumental)
4:07
4:07
91
"Creepy Feeling" (Piano Instrumental)
4:20
4:20
92
"The Crave" (Piano Instrumental)
4:32
4:32
93
"Mamanita" (Piano Instrumental)
4:09
4:09
94
C'était N'aut' Can-Can, Payez Donc (Interview and Song) / "If You Don't Shake, You Don't Get No Cake" (Song"
4:23
4:23
95
"Spanish Swat" (Piano Instrumental)
4:14
4:14
96
"Ain't Misbehavin'" (Song)
4:13
4:13
97
"I Hate a Man Like You" (Interview and Song) / "Rolling Stuff" (Piano Instrumental)
4:13
4:13
98
"Michigan Water Blues" (Interview and Song)
3:51
3:51
99
"Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)
4:10
4:10
100
"Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)
4:16
4:16
101
"Boogie Woogie Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / "Albert Carroll's Tune" (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Bertrand's Blues" (Piano Instrumental)
4:22
4:22
102
"Buddy Bertrand's Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Mamie's Blues" (Interview, Piano Instrumental, and Song)
4:27
4:27
103
When the Hot Stuff Came In (Spoken)
8:41
8:41
104
The First Hot Arrangements (Spoken)
9:02
9:02
105
The Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Café (Spoken)
8:00
8:00
106
At the Cadillac Café, Los Angeles, continued (Spoken) / "Little Liza Jane" (Song)
9:56
9:56
107
"Little Liza Jane," continued (Song) / On the West Coast: Getting Along Swell (Spoken)
9:47
9:47
108
In the Publishing Business (Spoken) / "Tricks Ain't Walking No More" (Song)
8:50
8:50
109
"Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Guitar Instrumental)
1:52
1:52
110
Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District (Spoken)
1:23
1:23
111
Hot Bands and Creole Tunes (Spoken)
4:30
4:30
112
"Eh, La Bas" (Song) / Riffs and Breaks From Creole Songs (Spoken)
2:03
2:03
113
Old-Time Creole Musicians and the French Element (Spoken)
3:33
3:33
114
Playing Hot With Buddy Bolden (Spoken)
3:18
3:18
115
High Society
2:17
2:17
116
Sporting Life Costumes (Spoken)
1:39
1:39
117
Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician (Spoken)
2:24
2:24
118
Creoles Playing With Negroes: Getting That Drive (Spoken)
4:29
4:29
119
Jelly Roll's Compositions (Spoken)
3:23
3:23
120
How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar (Spoken)
2:21
2:21
121
"Guitar Blues" (Guitar Instrumental) / Just the Guitar Blues (Spoken)
2:18
2:18
122
Bad Men and Pimps (Spoken)
3:39
3:39
123
The Story of the "Coon Blues" (Spoken)
1:35
1:35
124
"Coon Blues" (Instrumental)
2:23
2:23
125
Jazz Is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, and Parades (Spoken)
5:26
5:26
126
Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District (Spoken)
3:41
3:41
127
The Main Idea in Jazz: "Just Watch Me" – Improvising and Reading Music (Spoken)
3:25
3:25
128
"Of All His Mother's Children He Loved Jelly the Best": A Little Tale of Jelly Roll Morton (Spoken)
8:50
8:50