The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Tracklist

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