The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Album by Jelly Roll Morton

Jazz

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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. 2.
    The Story of Aaron Harris, continued (Spoken) / "Aaron Harris Blues" (Song)
    4:06
  2. 3.
    Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the The Hat That Started a Riot (Spoken)
    4:10
  3. 4.
    The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles (Spoken)
    4:05
  4. 5.
    The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued (Spoken) / "Game Kid Blues" (Song)
    4:05
  5. 6.
    "Game Kid Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Carter Rag" (Piano Instrumental)
    3:57
  6. 7.
    New Orleans Funerals (Spoken) / "Steal Away" (Song) / "Nearer My God to Thee" (Song)
    4:18
  7. 8.
    Funeral Marches (Spoken) / "Flee as the Bird to the Mountain" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:12
  8. 9.
    "Oh! Didn't He Ramble" (Piano Instrumental) / Evolution of Tiger Rag (Spoken) / "Tiger Rag" first and second strains (Piano Instrumental)
    4:07
  9. 10.
    "Tiger Rag" third, fourth, and fifth strains (Piano Instrumental) / "Tiger Rag" transformed (Piano Instrumental)
    4:01
  10. 11.
    "Tiger Rag" (Piano Instrumental) / "Panama" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:03
  11. 12.
    The Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo (Interview and Demonstration) / Harmony, Melody, and Riffs (Interview and Demonstration)
    4:40
  12. 13.
    Jazz Discords and the Story of the "Kansas City Stomp" (Interview and Demonstration) / "Kansas City Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:31
  13. 14.
    "Kansas City Stomp," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Breaks in Jazz (Interview and Demonstration) / "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:35
  14. 15.
    Slow Swing and "Sweet Jazz Music" (Interview and Demonstration)
    4:34
  15. 16.
    "Salty Dog" (Song) / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law (Spoken)
    4:23
  16. 17.
    "Hesitation Blues" (Interview and Song)
    4:30

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    "My Gal Sal," original and transformation (Interview and Song)
    3:53
  2. 4.
    The St. Louis Scene (Spoken) / Randall's Tune (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style (Piano Instrumental)
    4:10
  3. 5.
    "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style, conclusion (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," New Orleans style (Piano Instrumental)
    4:20
  4. 6.
    Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Spoken)
    4:20
  5. 7.
    Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued (Spoken) / "Miserere," swinging arrangement, with portion of "Anvil Chorus" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:24
  6. 8.
    "New Orleans Blues" (Song)
    3:59
  7. 9.
    "Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)
    3:45
  8. 10.
    "Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)
    4:24
  9. 11.
    "The Anamule Dance" (Song)
    3:47
  10. 12.
    "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. 13.
    The Great Buddy Bolden (Spoken) / "Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Song)
    4:12
  12. 14.
    The Great Buddy Bolden, continued (Spoken)
    4:11
  13. 15.
    "Mr. Jelly Lord" (Song)
    4:10
  14. 16.
    How Jelly Roll Got His Name (Spoken) / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:15
  15. 17.
    "Original Jelly Roll Blues," continued (Song) / Jelly Roll's Four-Beat Foot (Spoken)
    4:10
  16. 18.
    "Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / Old-Time Honky Tonks (Spoken)
    4:06

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Real Tough Boys (Spoken)
    4:32
  2. 5.
    Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate (Spoken)
    4:33
  3. 6.
    Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas (Spoken) / "See See Rider" (Song)
    4:21
  4. 7.
    "See See Rider," continued (Song) / Parading With the Broadway Swells (Spoken)
    4:25
  5. 8.
    Parading With the Broadway Swells, continued (Spoken)
    4:24
  6. 9.
    Fights and Weapons (Spoken) / "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:28
  7. 10.
    Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) / "Call of the Freaks" (Song)
    4:27
  8. 11.
    Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale (Spoken)
    4:14
  9. 12.
    Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena (Spoken)
    4:34
  10. 13.
    Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis (Spoken)
    4:23
  11. 14.
    In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy (Spoken) / "Benny Frenchy's Tune" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:24
  12. 15.
    "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. 16.
    "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (Interview and Song)
    4:16
  14. 17.
    "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)
    4:15
  15. 18.
    "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)
    4:14
  16. 19.
    "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," conclusion (Song)
    4:35

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    "The Dirty Dozen" (Interview and Song)
    4:31
  2. 6.
    The Murder Ballad, Part One (Song)
    4:03
  3. 7.
    The Murder Ballad, Part Two (Song)
    4:18
  4. 8.
    The Murder Ballad, Part Three (Song)
    4:28
  5. 9.
    The Murder Ballad, Part Four (Song)
    4:20
  6. 10.
    The Murder Ballad, Part Five (Song)
    4:13
  7. 11.
    The Murder Ballad, Part Six (Song)
    4:25
  8. 12.
    The Murder Ballad, conclusion (Song)
    4:30
  9. 13.
    "Fickle Fay Creep" (Piano Instrumental)
    3:16
  10. 14.
    "Jungle Blues" (Piano Instrumental)
    3:45
  11. 15.
    "King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)
    2:57
  12. 16.
    "Sweet Peter" (Piano Instrumental)
    3:05
  13. 17.
    "Hyena Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)
    3:34
  14. 18.
    "Wolverine Blues" (Song)
    3:47
  15. 19.
    "Wolverine Blues," continued (Song)
    4:02
  16. 20.
    "State and Madison" (Piano Instrumental)
    3:45
  17. 21.
    "The Pearls" (Piano Instrumental)
    3:31
  18. 22.
    "The Pearls," continued (Piano Instrumental)
    3:35

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    "Bert Williams" (Piano Instrumental)
    3:42
  2. 7.
    "Freakish" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:00
  3. 8.
    "Pep" (Piano Instrumental)
    3:34
  4. 9.
    The Georgia Skin Game (Spoken)
    3:56
  5. 10.
    The Georgia Skin Game, continued (Spoken)
    3:04
  6. 11.
    The Georgia Skin Game, conclusion (Spoken) / "I'm Gonna Get One and Go Directly" (Song)
    3:21
  7. 12.
    "Ungai Hai," the Sign of the Indians (Interview and Song)
    4:11
  8. 13.
    "New Orleans Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / The Spanish Tinge (Spoken)
    4:08
  9. 14.
    The Spanish Tinge, continued (Interview and Demonstration)
    4:15
  10. 15.
    Improving Spanish Tempos and "Creepy Feeling" (Interview and Piano Instrumental)
    4:07
  11. 16.
    "Creepy Feeling" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:20
  12. 17.
    "The Crave" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:32
  13. 18.
    "Mamanita" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:09
  14. 19.
    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. 20.
    "Spanish Swat" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:14
  16. 21.
    "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Song)
    4:13
  17. 22.
    "I Hate a Man Like You" (Interview and Song) / "Rolling Stuff" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:13
  18. 23.
    "Michigan Water Blues" (Interview and Song)
    3:51

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    "Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)
    4:10
  2. 8.
    "Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)
    4:16
  3. 9.
    "Boogie Woogie Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / "Albert Carroll's Tune" (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Bertrand's Blues" (Piano Instrumental)
    4:22
  4. 10.
    "Buddy Bertrand's Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Mamie's Blues" (Interview, Piano Instrumental, and Song)
    4:27
  5. 11.
    When the Hot Stuff Came In (Spoken)
    8:41
  6. 12.
    The First Hot Arrangements (Spoken)
    9:02
  7. 13.
    The Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Café (Spoken)
    8:00
  8. 14.
    At the Cadillac Café, Los Angeles, continued (Spoken) / "Little Liza Jane" (Song)
    9:56
  9. 15.
    "Little Liza Jane," continued (Song) / On the West Coast: Getting Along Swell (Spoken)
    9:47
  10. 16.
    In the Publishing Business (Spoken) / "Tricks Ain't Walking No More" (Song)
    8:50

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Guitar Instrumental)
    1:52
  2. 9.
    Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District (Spoken)
    1:23
  3. 10.
    Hot Bands and Creole Tunes (Spoken)
    4:30
  4. 11.
    "Eh, La Bas" (Song) / Riffs and Breaks From Creole Songs (Spoken)
    2:03
  5. 12.
    Old-Time Creole Musicians and the French Element (Spoken)
    3:33
  6. 13.
    Playing Hot With Buddy Bolden (Spoken)
    3:18
  7. 14.
    "High Society" (Instrumental)
    2:17
  8. 15.
    Sporting Life Costumes (Spoken)
    1:39
  9. 16.
    Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician (Spoken)
    2:24
  10. 17.
    Creoles Playing With Negroes: Getting That Drive (Spoken)
    4:29
  11. 18.
    Jelly Roll's Compositions (Spoken)
    3:23
  12. 19.
    How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar (Spoken)
    2:21
  13. 20.
    "Guitar Blues" (Guitar Instrumental) / Just the Guitar Blues (Spoken)
    2:18
  14. 21.
    Bad Men and Pimps (Spoken)
    3:39
  15. 22.
    The Story of the "Coon Blues" (Spoken)
    1:35
  16. 23.
    "Coon Blues" (Instrumental)
    2:23
  17. 24.
    Jazz Is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, and Parades (Spoken)
    5:26
  18. 25.
    Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District (Spoken)
    3:41
  19. 26.
    The Main Idea in Jazz: "Just Watch Me" – Improvising and Reading Music (Spoken)
    3:25
  20. 27.
    "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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