Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Story of Alabama Bound, The
2. Time in Mobile
3. King Porter Stomp
4. Story of King Porter Stomp, The
5. Jelly Roll's Background
6. Music Lessons
7. Miserere
8. Stomping Grounds, The
9. Style of Sammy Davis, The
10. Tony Jackson Was The Favorite / Dope, Crown, And Opium
11. Poor Alfred Wilson
12. Honky Tonk Blues
13. New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place
14. Story of Aaron Harris Pt. 1, The
DISC 2:
1. Story of Aaron Harris Pt. 2, The
2. Aaron Harris's Hoodoo Woman & The Hat That Started a Riot
3. 1900 New Orleans Riot Pt. 1 & The Song of Robert Charles, The
4. 1900 New Orleans Riot Pt. 2 & The Game Kid Blues Pt. 1, The
5. Game Kid Blues Pt. 2
6. New Orleans Funerals
7. Funeral Marches
8. Oh! Didn't He Ramble
9. Tiger Rag, 3rd, 4th and 5th Strains
10. Tiger Rag
11. Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo, The
12. Jazz Discords & The Story of the Kansas City Stomp
13. Slow Swing & Sweet Jazz Music
14. Salty Dog
15. Hesitation Blues
DISC 3:
1. My Gal Sal
2. St. Louis Scene, The
3. Maple Leaf Rag
4. Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis Pt. 1
5. Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis Pt 2
6. New Orleans Blues
7. Winin' Boy Blues Pt. 1
8. Winin' Boy Blues Pt. 2
9. Anamule Dance Pt. 1, The
10. Anamule Dance Pt. 2, The
11. Great Buddy Bolden Pt. 1, The
12. Great Buddy Bolden Pt. 2, The
13. Mr. Jelly Lord
14. How Jelly Roll Got His Name
15. Original Jelly Roll Blues
16. Honky Tonk Blues and Old-Time Honky Tonks
DISC 4:
1. Real Tough Boys
2. Sporting Attire
3. Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas
4. See See Rider
5. Parading With the Broadway Swells
6. Fights and Weapons
7. Luis Rusell and the New Orleans Riffs
8. Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale
9. Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena
10. Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis
11. In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon & Benny Frenchy
12. Benny Frenchy's Tune
13. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor Pt. 1
14. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor Pt. 2
15. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor Pt. 3
16. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor Pt. 4
DISC 5:
1. Dirty Dozen, The
2. Murder Ballad Pt. 1, The
3. Murder Ballad Pt. 2, The
4. Murder Ballad Pt. 3, The
5. Murder Ballad Pt. 4, The
6. Murder Ballad Pt. 5, The
7. Murder Ballad Pt. 6, The
8. Murder Ballad Pt. 7, The
9. Fickle Fay Creep
10. Jungle Blues
11. King Porter Stomp
12. Sweet Peter
13. Hyena Stomp
14. Wolverine Blues Pt. 1
15. Wolverine Blues Pt. 2
16. State and Madison
17. Pearls Pt. 1, The
18. Pearls Pt. 2, The
DISC 6:
1. Bert Williams
2. Freakish
3. Pep
4. Georgia Skin Game Pt. 1, The
5. Georgia Skin Game Pt. 2, The
6. Georgia Skin Game Pt. 3, The
7. Ungai Hai, The Sign of the Indians
8. New Orleans Blues
9. Spanish Tinge, The
10. Improving Spanish Tempos
11. Creepy Feeling
12. Crave, The
13. Mamanita
14. If You Don't Shake, You Don't Get No Cake
15. Spanish SWAT
16. Ain't Misbehavin'
17. I Hate A Man Like You / Rolling Stuff
18. Michigan Water Blues
DISC 7:
1. Winin' Boy Blues Pt. 1
2. Winin' Boy Blues Pt. 2
3. Boogie Woogie Blues
4. Buddy Bertrand's Blues
5. When the Hot Stuff Came In
6. First Hot Arrangements, The
7. Pensacola Kid & The Cadillac Cafe, The
8. At the Cadillac Cafe, Los Angeles
9. Little Liza Jane
10. In the Publishing Business
DISC 8:
1. Original Jelly Roll Blues - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
2. Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
3. Hot Bands & Creole Tunes - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
4. Eh, La Bas - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
5. Old-Time Creole Musicians - (with Leonard Bechet)
6. Playing Hot With Buddy Bolden - (with Paul Dominguez Jr./Alphonse Picou)
7. High Society - (with Alphonse Picou/Paul Dominguez Jr.)
8. Sporting Life Costumes - (with Albert Glenny/Leonard Bechet)
9. Buddy Bolden - (with Albert Glenny/Leonard Bechet)
10. Creoles Playing With Negroes - (with Leonard Bechet)
11. Jelly Roll's Compositions - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
12. Johnny St. Cyr Learns to Play Guitar - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
13. Guitar Blues - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
14. Bad Men and Pimps - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
15. Story of the Coon Blues, The - (with Alphonse Picou)
16. Coon Blues - (with Alphonse Picou/Paul Dominguez Jr.)
17. Jazz Is Just a Make-Up - (with Albert Glenny/Leonard Bechet)
18. Young Sidney Bechet - (with Leonard Bechet)
19. Main Idea in Jazz, The - (with Albert Glenny/Leonard Bechet)
20. Little Tale of Jelly Roll Morton, A - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Johnny St. Cyr | | Producer: | Anna Lomax Wood, Jeffrey A. Greenberg | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
THE COMPLETE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECORDINGS comes packaged in a piano-shaped box and includes two soft-bound books; a biography by Alan Lomax, and an 80-page book with rare photographs.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: Jelly Roll Morton (vocals, piano); Leonard Bechet, Paul Dominguez Jr., Albert Glenny (spoken vocals); Johnny St. Cyr (guitar); Alphonse Picou (clarinet).
Liner Note Authors: Alan Lomax; John F. Szwed.
Recording information: 1938.
Jelly Roll Morton liked to claim he invented jazz, and while the claim is clearly a self-aggrandizing overstatement, there is plenty of evidence that his innovations defined the genre in essential ways. THE COMPLETE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECORDINGS, a mammoth, lavishly packaged 8-disc box set, contains heaps of evidence to that effect.
Supervised by Alan Lomax, these recordings were made in 1938, well after Morton's reign as a jazz giant. Still, the sessions amount to nothing less than an anthropological study--not only of Morton and his music--but of the dawn of jazz itself. Morton's Dixieland piano playing is still in fine form here, and his superb songs, the structures and sound of which shaped the genre, are as smart as ever. But the real treat here is Morton's spoken word segments: the artist recounts his heyday with a vividness and charm that is priceless. Add to these qualities excellent sound and impeccable packaging, and the set becomes one of the most valuable oral and aural documents concerning the history of American pop music available.
Editorial Reviews
5 stars out of 5 - [I]t tells the story not just of the composer of 'Alabama Bound' and the 'King Porter Stomp', but the foundations on which so much popular music has since been built.
Mojo
[T]his extraordinary document adds immeasurably to our understanding of the complex - and often overlooked - interconnections between jazz, blues, and other southern music.
Living Blues
5 stars out of 5 -- [T]he sophisticated charm and complexity of his work still bears much relevance.
Uncut
[T]here is a hypnotic quality to these reminiscences, usually delivered as the protagonist taps his foot and plays chords on the piano.
JazzTimes
4 stars out of 5 -- Morton tells the most important truth about the birth of jazz: what it was like to be there when it happened, at the turn of the century in America's most exciting musical city.
Rolling Stone
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