The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Jelly Roll Morton - The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

The Complete Library of Congress Recordings
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Artist: Jelly Roll Morton
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Story of "I'm Alabama Bound"/I'm Alabama Bound [Spoken][Version]
  2. Time in Mobile/I'm Alabama Bound [Continued][Excerpt][Version]
  3. King Porter Stomp [Piano Instrumental/The Story of "King Porter Stomp"
  4. Story of "King Porter Stomp, [/You Can Have It, ISpoken]
  5. Jelly Roll's Background [Spoken]
  6. Music Lessons/Miserere [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
  7. Miserere [/The French Opera HousePiano Instrumental][Instrumental][Vers
  8. Stomping Grounds [Spoken]
  9. Style of Sammy Davis [Piano Instrumental/The Renown of Tony ...
  10. Tony Jackson Was the Favorite/Dope, Crown, and Opium [Spoken][Version]
  11. Poor Alfred Wilson/Tony Jackson's "Naked Dance" [Piano ...][Version]
  12. Honky Tonk Blues/In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun [Spoken]
  13. New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place/Levee Man Blues [Spoken][Version]
  14. Story of Aaron Harris [Spoken]
Music CD 2
  1. Story of Aaron Harris (Continued)/Aaron Harris Blues [Spoken][Version]
  2. Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, And the Hat That Started a Riot ...
  3. Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles ...
  4. Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot (Continued) /Game Kid Blues [Spoken]
  5. Game Kid Blues [/Buddy Carter Rag ...Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][
  6. New Orleans Funerals/Steal Away/Nearer My God to Thee [Spoken][Version]
  7. Funeral Marches/Flee as the Bird to the Mountain [Piano ...][Version]
  8. Oh! Didn't He Ramble [Piano Instrumental/Evolution of Tiger Rag ...
  9. Tiger Rag Third, Fourth, And Fifth Strains [Piano Instrumental]
  10. Tiger Rag [Piano Instrumental/PanamaPiano Instrumental][Instrumental][V
  11. Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo/Ha ... [Interview and Demonstration]
  12. Jazz Discords and Story of the Kansas City Stomp [Interview and ...]
  13. Kansas City Stomp (Continued)/Breaks in Jazz ... [Piano Instrumental][I
  14. Slow Swing and Sweet Jazz Music [Interview and Demonstration]
  15. Salty Dog/Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-In-Law [Spoken]
  16. Hesitation Blues [Interview and Song]
Music CD 3
  1. My Gal Sal Original and Transformation [Interview and Song]
  2. St. Louis Scene/Randalls' Tune/Maple ... [Piano Instrumental][Instrumen
  3. Maple Leaf Rag St. Louis Style, Conclusion [Instrumental][Version]
  4. Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis [Spoken]
  5. Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Continued)/Miserere, ... [Spoken][Version]
  6. New Orleans Blues
  7. Winin' Boy Blues [Continued]
  8. Winin' Boy Blues [Continued]
  9. Anamule Dance
  10. Anamule Dance [/The Story of the "The Anamule Dance"Spoken][Version]
  11. Great Buddy Bolden/Buddy Bolden's Blues [Continued]
  12. Great Buddy Bolden [Continued][Version]
  13. Mr. Jelly Lord
  14. How Jelly Roll Got His Name/Original Jelly Roll Blues ... [Spoken][Vers
  15. Original Jelly Roll Blues [Continued]
  16. Honky Tonk Blues/Old-Time Honky Tonks [Spoken]
Music CD 4
  1. Real Tough Boys [Spoken]
  2. Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate [Spoken]
  3. Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas/See See Rider [Spoken][Version]
  4. See See Rider (Continued)/Parading with the Broadway Swells [Spoken]
  5. Parading with the Broadway Swells (Continued) [Spoken]
  6. Fights and Weapons/Stars and Stripes Forever [Piano ...][Version]
  7. Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs [Interview and ...]
  8. Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale [Spoken]
  9. Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena [Spoken]
  10. Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis [Spoken]
  11. In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy/Benny ... [Spoken][Ver
  12. Benny Frenchy's Tune (Continued)/Bad Sam, Memphis' [Piano Instrumental]
  13. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor [Interview and Song]
  14. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor [Continued]
  15. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor [Continued]
  16. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor [Conclusion]
Music CD 5
  1. Dirty Dozen [Interview and Song]
  2. Murder Ballad, Pt. 1
  3. Murder Ballad, Pt. 2
  4. Murder Ballad, Pt. 3
  5. Murder Ballad, Pt. 4
  6. Murder Ballad, Pt. 5
  7. Murder Ballad, Pt. 6
  8. Murder Ballad, Conclusion
  9. Fickle Fay Creep [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
  10. Jungle Blues [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
  11. King Porter Stomp [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
  12. Sweet Peter [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
  13. Hyena Stomp [Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][Version]
  14. Wolverine Blues [Continued]
  15. Wolverine Blues [Continued]
  16. State and Madison [Piano Instrumental]
  17. Pearls [Piano Instrumental]
  18. Pearls [Continued][Instrumental][Version]
Music CD 6
  1. Bert Williams [Piano Instrumental]
  2. Freakish [Piano Instrumental]
  3. Pep [Piano Instrumental]
  4. Georgia Skin Game [Continued][Version]
  5. Georgia Skin Game [Continued][Version]
  6. Georgia Skin Game/I'm Gonna Get One and Go ... [Conclusion][Version]
  7. Ungai Hai, The Sign of the Indians [Interview and Song]
  8. New Orleans Blues [/The Spanish TingeSpoken]
  9. Spanish Tinge [Continued]
  10. Improving Spanish Tempos and Creepy Feeling [Interview and Piano ...]
  11. Creepy Feeling [Continued][Instrumental][Version]
  12. Crave [Piano Instrumental]
  13. Mamanita [Piano Instrumental]
  14. C'?tait N'Aut' Can-Can, Payez Donc/If You ... [Interview and Song]
  15. Spanish Swat [Piano Instrumental]
  16. Ain't Misbehavin'
  17. I Hate a Man Like You/Rolling Stuff [Interview and Song]
  18. Michigan Water Blues [Interview and Song]
Music CD 7
  1. Winin' Boy Blues
  2. Winin' Boy Blues [Continued]
  3. Boogie Woogie Blues [Piano Instrumental/Albert Carroll's Tune ...]
  4. Buddy Bertrand's Blues [/Mamie's ...Piano Instrumental][Instrumental][V
  5. When the Hot Stuff Came In [Spoken]
  6. First Hot Arrangements [Spoken]
  7. Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Caf? [Spoken]
  8. At the Cadillac Caf?, Los Angeles [/Little Liza ...Spoken][Version]
  9. Little Liza Jane [Continued]
  10. In the Publishing Business/Tricks Ain't Walking No More [Spoken][Versio
Music CD 8
  1. Original Jelly Roll Blues [Guitar Instrumental] - Johnny St. Cyr,
  2. Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
  3. Hot Bands and Creole Tunes [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
  4. Eh, La Bas/Riffs and Breaks from Creole Songs [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
  5. Old-Time Creole Musicians and the French Element [Spoken] - Leonard Bechet, Alan Lomax
  6. Playing Hot with Buddy Bolden [Spoken] - Paul Dominguez, Jr., Alan Lomax, Alphonse Picou
  7. High Society [Instrumental] - Paul Dominguez, Jr., Alphonse Picou
  8. Sporting Life Costumes [Spoken] - Leonard Bechet, , Alan Lomax
  9. Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician [Spoken] - Leonard Bechet, , Alan Lomax
  10. Creoles Playing with Negroes: Getting That Drive [Spoken] - Leonard Bechet, Alan Lomax
  11. Jelly Roll's Compositions [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
  12. How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
  13. Guitar Blues/Just the Guitar Blues [Guitar Instrumental][Instrumental][ - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
  14. Bad Men and Pimps [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,
  15. Story of the Coon Blues [Spoken] - Alan Lomax, Alphonse Picou
  16. Coon Blues [Instrumental] - Paul Dominguez, Jr., Alphonse Picou
  17. Jazz Is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, - Leonard Bechet, , Alan Lomax
  18. Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District [Spoken] - Leonard Bechet, Alan Lomax
  19. Main Idea in Jazz: Just Watch Me - Improvising and Reading Music ... - Leonard Bechet, , Alan Lomax
  20. Of All His Mother's Children He Loved Jelly the Best: A Little Tale of - Alan Lomax, Johnny St. Cyr,

Music reviews of The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Music Review: A candid glimpse into musical history
Rating: 5 Stars

I had downloaded a few tracks from iTunes and decided that I wanted more. I wasn't disappointed. This is a treasure trove of first-hand accounts from a great and famous musician of what his life was like. The style and tone of Jelly's speech as much as the stories he told really helped paint a picture of being a musician and just being around in the early 1900s. I wish there were more recorded accounts like this--it's sort of like spending a weekend with my grandpa listening to what it was like for him as a youth. There's a lot of great music here too, and language that will offend many, but it's a rough-and-tumble account of rough-and -tumble times. I couldn't recommend these CDs highly enough to anyone interested in the formative years of jazz, when ragtime was still hot, and New Orleans was an incubator for music that eventually swept the nation. I've listened to the entire set several times, and still listen to parts of it every week.

Description of The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

The stories and songs on these recordings are a document of the big bang of jazz music at the dawn of the 20th Century. New Orleans composer, pianist and pool shark Jelly Roll Morton was one of the key figures in the creation of jazz. Alan Lomax was the visionary folklorist who created a legacy that illuminated roots music sounds from around the world. Together, in 1938 at the Library of Congress, they made these groundbreaking recordings--the first recorded oral history in jazz.
When folklorist Alan Lomax made these epic 1938 recordings of Jelly Roll Morton's reminiscences and piano playing, he was creating the first great oral documentation of early jazz. This material has never been issued with the care, sensitivity and completeness that it gets here, with the complete interviews and musical performances sequenced over seven CDs in the order in which they took place. Morton was almost as great a raconteur as he was a musician, and his accounts of New Orleans in the early years of the 20th century--from bordellos to riots to funeral parades--are vivid, bawdy, and sometimes hilarious. His accounts of the music and his performances, from "King Porter Stomp" to the lengthy "Murder Ballad," provide a brilliant window on the mechanics and progress of jazz in its earliest years. The sound restoration is excellent and the complete package--cover art by R. Crumb and a book with an essay by John Szwed and extensive photographs--befits a document of this significance. An eighth CD excerpts interviews Lomax conducted in 1949 with various New Orleans musicians (most notably Johnny St. Cyr) reminiscing about Morton and the early years of jazz. --Stuart Broomer

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