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