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Jelly Roll Morton : the complete Library of Congress recordings by Alan Lomax.

Author/creator Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941
Other author/creatorLomax, Alan, 1915-2002 interviewer.
Included WorkSzwed, John F., 1936- Doctor Jazz.
Other author/creatorRounder Records (Firm)
Format Audio (CD), Software, Musical Sound Recording, Book, and Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, MA : Rounder Records, ℗2006.
Description8 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (80 pages : illustrations : portraits ; 25 x 28 cm)
Subject(s)
Portion of title Complete Library of Congress recordings by Alan Lomax
Series The Alan Lomax collection
Alan Lomax collection. ^A539596
Contents Disc one. The story of I'm Alabama bound ; I'm Alabama bound pt. 1 ; Time in Mobile ; I'm Alabama bound pt. 2 ; King Porter stomp ; The story of King Porter stomp ; You can have it, I don't want it ; Copyrights and battles of music ; Jelly Roll's background ; Music lessons ; Miserere ; The French Opera House and the Tenderloin ; The stomping grounds ; The style of Sammy Davis ; The renown of Tony Jackson ; Pretty baby ; Tony Jackson was the favorite ; Dope, crown, and opium ; Poor Alfred Wilson ; Tony Jackson's Naked dance ; Honky tonk blues ; In New Orleans, anyone could carry a gun ; New Orleans was a free and easy place ; Levee man blues ; The story of Aaron Harris, pt. 1.
Contents Disc two. The story of Aaron Harris, pt. 2 ; Aaron Harris blues ; Aaron Harris, his hoodoo woman, and the hat that started a riot ; The story of the 1900 New Orleans riot, pt. 1 and the song of Robert Charles ; The 1900 New Orleans riot, pt. 2 and Game kid blues, pt. 1 ; Game kid blues, pt. 2 ; Buddy Carter rag ; New Orleans funerals ; Steal away ; Nearer my God to Thee ; Funeral marches ; Flee as the bird to the mountains ; Oh! didn't he ramble ; Evolution of Tiger rag ; Tiger rag, 1st and 2nd strains ; Tiger rag, 3rd, 4th and 5th strains ; Tiger rag transformed ; Panama ; The right tempo is the accurate tempo ; Harmony, melody, and riffs ; Jazz discords and story of the Kansas City stomp ; Kansas City stomp pt. 1 ; Kansas City stomp pt. 2 ; Breaks in jazz ; Darktown strutter's ball ; Slow swing and sweet jazz music ; Salty dog ; Bill Johnson, Jelly's brother-in-law ; Hesitation blues.
Contents Disc three. My gal Sal, original and transformation ; the St. Louis scene ; Randall's tune ; Maple leaf rag, St. Louis style pt. 1 ; Maple leaf rag, St. Louis style pt. 2 ; Maple leaf rag, New Orleans style ; Jelly Roll carves St. Louis, pt. 1 ; Jelly Roll carves St. Louis, pt. 2 ; Miserere, swinging arrangement with portion of Anvil chorus ; New Orleans blues ; Winin' boy blues, pt. 1 ; Winin' boy blues, pt. 2 ; The anamule dance, pt. 1 ; The anamule dance, pt. 2 ; The story of The anamule dance ; The origins of scat, Scat song ; The great Buddy Bolden, pt. 1 ; Buddy Bolden's blues ; The great Buddy Bolden, pt. 2 ; Mr. Jelly Lord ; How Jelly Roll got his name ; Original Jelly Roll blues pt. 1 ; Original Jelly Roll blues pt. 2 ; Jelly Roll's four-beat foot ; Honky tonk blues ; Old-time honky tonks.
Contents Disc four. Real tough boys ; Sporting attire and shooting the agate ; Sweet mamas and sweet papas ; See see rider pt. 1 ; See see rider pt. 2 ; Parading with the Broadway swells pt. 1 ; Parading with the Broadway swells pt. 2 ; Fights and weapons ; Stars and Stripes forever ; Luis Russell and New Orleans riffs ; Call of the freaks ; Jelly's travels : from Yazoo to Clarksdale ; Jelly's travels : from Clarksdale to Helena ; Jelly's travels : from Helena to Memphis ; In Memphis : the Monarch Saloon & Benny Frenchy ; Benny Frenchy's tune pt. 1 ; Benny Frenchy's tune pt. 2 ; Bad Sam, Memphis' toughest ; The stomp that beat Benny Frenchy ; All that I ask is love ; Make me a pallet on the floor, pt. 1 ; Make me a pallet on the floor, pt. 2 ; Make me a pallet on the floor, pt. 3 ; Make me a pallet on the floor, pt. 4.
Contents Disc five. The dirty dozen ; The murder ballad, pt. 1 ; The murder ballad, pt. 2 ; The murder ballad, pt. 3 ; The murder ballad, pt. 4 ; The murder ballad, pt. 5 ; The murder ballad, pt. 6 ; The murder ballad, pt. 7 ; Fickle fay creep ; Jungle blues ; King Porter stomp ; Sweet Peter ; Hyena stomp ; Wolverine blues, pt. 1 ; Wolverine blues, pt. 2 ; State and Madison ; The pearls, pt. 1 ; The pearls, pt. 2.
Contents Disc six. Bert Williams ; Freakish ; Pep ; The Georgia skin game, pt. 1 ; The Georgia skin game, pt. 2 ; The Georgia skin game, pt. 3 ; I'm gonna get one and go directly ; Ungai Hai, the sign of the Indians ; New Orleans blues ; The Spanish tinge pt. 1 ; The Spanish tinge pt. 2 ; Improving Spanish tempos ; Creepy feeling pt. 1 ; Creepy feeling pt. 2 ; The crave ; Mamanita ; C'était n'aut' can-can, payez donc ; If you don't shake, you don't get no cake ; Spanish swat ; Ain't misbehavin' ; I hate a man like you ; Rolling stuff ; Michigan water blues.
Contents Disc seven. Winin' boy blues, pt. 1 ; Winin' boy blues, pt. 2 ; Boogie woogie blues ; Albert Carroll's tune ; Buddy Bertrand's blues pt. 1 ; Buddy Bertrand's blues pt. 2 ; Mamie's blues ; When the hot stuff came in ; The first hot arrangements ; The Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Café ; At the Cadillac Café, Los Angeles ; Little Liza Jane ; On the west coast : getting along swell ; In the publishing business ; Tricks ain't walkin' no more.
Contents Disc eight. Original Jelly Roll blues / Johnny St. Cyr ; Jelly Roll's early playing days in the district / Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax ; Hot bands & Creole tunes / Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax ; Eh, la bas / Johnny St. Cyr ; Riffs and breaks from Creole tunes / Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax ; Old-time Creole musicians and the French element / Leonard Bechet and Alan Lomax ; Playing hot with Buddy Bolden / Paul Dominguez, Jr., Alphonse Picou, and Alan Lomax ; High society / Alphonse Picou, Paul Dominguez, Jr. ; Sporting life costumes / Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax ; Buddy Bolden : man and musician / Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax ; Creoles playing with Negroes : getting that drive / Leonard Bechet and Alan Lomax ; Jelly Roll's compositions / Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax ; How Johnny St. Cyr learned to play guitar / Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax ; Guitar blues / Johnny St. Cyr ; Just the Guitar blues / Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax ; Bad men and pimps / Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax ; The story of the Coon blues / Alphonse Picou and Alan Lomax ; Coon blues / Alphonse Picou, Paul Dominguez, Jr. ; Jazz is just a make-up : Buddy Bolden, honky tonks, brass band funerals, and parades / Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax ; Young Sidney Bechet : Jim Crow and the dangers of the district / Leonard Bechet and Alan Lomax ; The main idea in jazz : "Just watch me" improvising and reading music / Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet and Alan Lomax ; Of all his Mother's children he loved Jelly the best : A little tale of Jelly Roll Morton / Johnny St. Cyr. and Alan Lomax Special features: a complete transcription of dialogue, lyrics, expanded liner notes and other documentary material (PDF files require a DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat).
General noteRounder Records: CDs: 11661-1898-2 (11661-1889-2--11661-1896-2); booklet: 11661-1888-2 BK01.
General noteJazz music and interviews.
General noteCompact discs.
General note"Parental advisory explicit content"--Container.
General noteBook includes the essay: Doctor Jazz / by John Szwed ; information about the recording session, the restoration, and the new transcriptions ; the 1938 writings of Jelly Roll Morton, bibliography, discography.
General noteSpecial features: included on disc 8 is a complete transcription of dialogue, lyrics, expanded liner notes and other documentary material (243 p. ; ill.); PDF files require a CD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat.
Performer Jelly Roll Morton, piano.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded by Alan Lomax at the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May, June and December, 1938; collection produced by Anna Lomax Wood and Jeffrey A. Greenberg.
Technical detailsCD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat required to view PDF materials on disc 8.
UPC 011661189829
Standard identifier# 00011661189829
Publisher number11661-1898-2 Rounder
Publisher number11661-1889-2 Rounder
Publisher number11661-1890-2 Rounder
Publisher number11661-1891-2 Rounder
Publisher number11661-1892-2 Rounder
Publisher number11661-1893-2 Rounder
Publisher number11661-1894-2 Rounder
Publisher number11661-1895-2 Rounder
Publisher number11661-1896-2 Rounder
Publisher number11661-1888-2 BK01 Rounder

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