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The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Jelly Roll Morton

Album 2005
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compilation album by Jelly Roll Morton

Release Date

January 1, 2005

Artist Origin

United States

Tracklist

Disc 1

  1. 1 The Story of "I'm Alabama Bound" (Spoken) / I'm Alabama Bound (Song) 4:03
  2. 2 Time in Mobile (Spoken) / "I'm Alabama Bound," continued (Song) 4:13
  3. 3 "King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) / The Story of "King Porter Stomp" (Spoken) 4:06
  4. 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
  5. 5 Jell Roll's Background (Spoken) 4:21
  6. 6 Music Lessons (Spoken) / "Miserere" (Piano Instrumental) 4:06
  7. 7 "Miserere," continued (Piano Instrumental) / The French Opera House and the Tenderloin (Spoken) 4:05
  8. 8 The Stomping Grounds 4:15
  9. 9 "The Style of Sammy Davis" (Piano Instrumental) / The Renown of Tony Jackson (Spoken) / "Pretty Baby" (Song) 4:18
  10. 10 Tony Jackson Was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium (Spoken) 4:00
  11. 11 Poor Alfred Wilson (Spoken) / Tony Jackson's "Naked Dance" (Piano Instrumental) 4:03
  12. 12 "Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun (Spoken) 4:21
  13. 13 New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place (Spoken) / "Levee Man Blues" (Song) 4:08
  14. 14 The Story of Aaron Harris (Spoken) 4:05

Disc 2

  1. 1 The Story of Aaron Harris, continued (Spoken) / "Aaron Harris Blues" (Song) 4:06
  2. 2 Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the The Hat That Started a Riot (Spoken) 4:10
  3. 3 The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles (Spoken) 4:05
  4. 4 The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued (Spoken) / "Game Kid Blues" (Song) 4:05
  5. 5 "Game Kid Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Carter Rag" (Piano Instrumental) 3:57
  6. 6 New Orleans Funerals (Spoken) / "Steal Away" (Song) / "Nearer My God to Thee" (Song) 4:18
  7. 7 Funeral Marches (Spoken) / "Flee as the Bird to the Mountain" (Piano Instrumental) 4:12
  8. 8 "Oh! Didn't He Ramble" (Piano Instrumental) / Evolution of Tiger Rag (Spoken) / "Tiger Rag" first and second strains (Piano Instrumental) 4:07
  9. 9 "Tiger Rag" third, fourth, and fifth strains (Piano Instrumental) / "Tiger Rag" transformed (Piano Instrumental) 4:01
  10. 10 "Tiger Rag" (Piano Instrumental) / "Panama" (Piano Instrumental) 4:03
  11. 11 The Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo (Interview and Demonstration) / Harmony, Melody, and Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) 4:40
  12. 12 Jazz Discords and the Story of the "Kansas City Stomp" (Interview and Demonstration) / "Kansas City Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) 4:31
  13. 13 "Kansas City Stomp," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Breaks in Jazz (Interview and Demonstration) / "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Piano Instrumental) 4:35
  14. 14 Slow Swing and "Sweet Jazz Music" (Interview and Demonstration) 4:34
  15. 15 "Salty Dog" (Song) / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law (Spoken) 4:23
  16. 16 "Hesitation Blues" (Interview and Song) 4:30

Disc 3

  1. 1 "My Gal Sal," original and transformation (Interview and Song) 3:53
  2. 2 The St. Louis Scene (Spoken) / Randall's Tune (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style (Piano Instrumental) 4:10
  3. 3 "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style, conclusion (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," New Orleans style (Piano Instrumental) 4:20
  4. 4 Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Spoken) 4:20
  5. 5 Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued (Spoken) / "Miserere," swinging arrangement, with portion of "Anvil Chorus" (Piano Instrumental) 4:24
  6. 6 "New Orleans Blues" (Song) 3:59
  7. 7 "Winin' Boy Blues" (Song) 3:45
  8. 8 "Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song) 4:24
  9. 9 "The Anamule Dance" (Song) 3:47
  10. 10 "The Anamule Dance," continued (Song) / The Story of the "The Anmule Dance" (Spoken) / The Origins of Scat, "Scat Song" (Interview and Demonstration) 4:20
  11. 11 The Great Buddy Bolden (Spoken) / "Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Song) 4:12
  12. 12 The Great Buddy Bolden, continued (Spoken) 4:11
  13. 13 "Mr. Jelly Lord" (Song) 4:10
  14. 14 How Jelly Roll Got His Name (Spoken) / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Piano Instrumental) 4:15
  15. 15 "Original Jelly Roll Blues," continued (Song) / Jelly Roll's Four-Beat Foot (Spoken) 4:10
  16. 16 "Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / Old-Time Honky Tonks (Spoken) 4:06

Disc 4

  1. 1 Real Tough Boys (Spoken) 4:32
  2. 2 Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate (Spoken) 4:33
  3. 3 Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas (Spoken) / "See See Rider" (Song) 4:21
  4. 4 "See See Rider," continued (Song) / Parading With the Broadway Swells (Spoken) 4:25
  5. 5 Parading With the Broadway Swells, continued (Spoken) 4:24
  6. 6 Fights and Weapons (Spoken) / "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Piano Instrumental) 4:28
  7. 7 Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) / "Call of the Freaks" (Song) 4:27
  8. 8 Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale (Spoken) 4:14
  9. 9 Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena (Spoken) 4:34
  10. 10 Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis (Spoken) 4:23
  11. 11 In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy (Spoken) / "Benny Frenchy's Tune" (Piano Instrumental) 4:24
  12. 12 "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
  13. 13 "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (Interview and Song) 4:16
  14. 15 "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song) 4:14
  15. 16 "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," conclusion (Song) 4:35

Disc 5

  1. 1 "The Dirty Dozen" (Interview and Song) 4:31
  2. 2 The Murder Ballad, Part One (Song) 4:03
  3. 3 The Murder Ballad, Part Two (Song) 4:18
  4. 4 The Murder Ballad, Part Three (Song) 4:28
  5. 5 The Murder Ballad, Part Four (Song) 4:20
  6. 6 The Murder Ballad, Part Five (Song) 4:13
  7. 7 The Murder Ballad, Part Six (Song) 4:25
  8. 8 The Murder Ballad, conclusion (Song) 4:30
  9. 9 "Fickle Fay Creep" (Piano Instrumental) 3:16
  10. 10 "Jungle Blues" (Piano Instrumental) 3:45
  11. 11 "King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) 2:57
  12. 12 "Sweet Peter" (Piano Instrumental) 3:05
  13. 13 "Hyena Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) 3:34
  14. 14 "Wolverine Blues" (Song) 3:47
  15. 15 "Wolverine Blues," continued (Song) 4:02
  16. 16 "State and Madison" (Piano Instrumental) 3:45
  17. 17 "The Pearls" (Piano Instrumental) 3:31
  18. 18 "The Pearls," continued (Piano Instrumental) 3:35

Disc 6

  1. 1 "Bert Williams" (Piano Instrumental) 3:42
  2. 2 "Freakish" (Piano Instrumental) 4:00
  3. 3 "Pep" (Piano Instrumental) 3:34
  4. 4 The Georgia Skin Game (Spoken) 3:56
  5. 5 The Georgia Skin Game, continued (Spoken) 3:04
  6. 6 The Georgia Skin Game, conclusion (Spoken) / "I'm Gonna Get One and Go Directly" (Song) 3:21
  7. 7 "Ungai Hai," the Sign of the Indians (Interview and Song) 4:11
  8. 8 "New Orleans Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / The Spanish Tinge (Spoken) 4:08
  9. 9 The Spanish Tinge, continued (Interview and Demonstration) 4:15
  10. 10 Improving Spanish Tempos and "Creepy Feeling" (Interview and Piano Instrumental) 4:07
  11. 11 "Creepy Feeling" (Piano Instrumental) 4:20
  12. 12 "The Crave" (Piano Instrumental) 4:32
  13. 13 "Mamanita" (Piano Instrumental) 4:09
  14. 14 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
  15. 15 "Spanish Swat" (Piano Instrumental) 4:14
  16. 16 "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Song) 4:13
  17. 17 "I Hate a Man Like You" (Interview and Song) / "Rolling Stuff" (Piano Instrumental) 4:13
  18. 18 "Michigan Water Blues" (Interview and Song) 3:51

Disc 7

  1. 1 "Winin' Boy Blues" (Song) 4:10
  2. 2 "Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song) 4:16
  3. 3 "Boogie Woogie Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / "Albert Carroll's Tune" (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Bertrand's Blues" (Piano Instrumental) 4:22
  4. 4 "Buddy Bertrand's Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Mamie's Blues" (Interview, Piano Instrumental, and Song) 4:27
  5. 5 When the Hot Stuff Came In (Spoken) 8:41
  6. 6 The First Hot Arrangements (Spoken) 9:02
  7. 7 The Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Café (Spoken) 8:00
  8. 8 At the Cadillac Café, Los Angeles, continued (Spoken) / "Little Liza Jane" (Song) 9:56
  9. 9 "Little Liza Jane," continued (Song) / On the West Coast: Getting Along Swell (Spoken) 9:47
  10. 10 In the Publishing Business (Spoken) / "Tricks Ain't Walking No More" (Song) 8:50

Disc 8

  1. 1 "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Guitar Instrumental) 1:52
  2. 2 Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District (Spoken) 1:23
  3. 3 Hot Bands and Creole Tunes (Spoken) 4:30
  4. 4 "Eh, La Bas" (Song) / Riffs and Breaks From Creole Songs (Spoken) 2:03
  5. 5 Old-Time Creole Musicians and the French Element (Spoken) 3:33
  6. 6 Playing Hot With Buddy Bolden (Spoken) 3:18
  7. 7 "High Society" (Instrumental) 2:17
  8. 8 Sporting Life Costumes (Spoken) 1:39
  9. 9 Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician (Spoken) 2:24
  10. 10 Creoles Playing With Negroes: Getting That Drive (Spoken) 4:29
  11. 11 Jelly Roll's Compositions (Spoken) 3:23
  12. 12 How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar (Spoken) 2:21
  13. 13 "Guitar Blues" (Guitar Instrumental) / Just the Guitar Blues (Spoken) 2:18
  14. 14 Bad Men and Pimps (Spoken) 3:39
  15. 15 The Story of the "Coon Blues" (Spoken) 1:35
  16. 16 "Coon Blues" (Instrumental) 2:23
  17. 17 Jazz Is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, and Parades (Spoken) 5:26
  18. 18 Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District (Spoken) 3:41
  19. 19 The Main Idea in Jazz: "Just Watch Me" – Improvising and Reading Music (Spoken) 3:25
  20. 20 "Of All His Mother's Children He Loved Jelly the Best": A Little Tale of Jelly Roll Morton (Spoken) 8:50

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