Jelly Roll Morton [JSP]

by Jelly Roll Morton

Overview

JSP's five-CD set devoted to Jelly Roll Morton contains all of his Victor recordings cut between September 1926 and October 1930. The sound quality is excellent and complete discographical information is provided along with insightful liner notes. Alternate takes are presented on separate discs so as to avoid redundancy. This creates doppelgaengers, as it were, of most of the sessions involving larger ensembles. Jelly Roll Morton is heard as a solo pianist and as leader of his trios, Red Hot Peppers, and orchestra. The only shortcoming is the absence of eight titles recorded for Victor's Bluebird imprint in 1939 by Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen. Had the producers of this otherwise excellent compilation opted for these classic latter-day Jellies instead of obsessing over every single alternate take from the earlier sessions, this would be a serious contender for the "best and most affordable Jelly Roll Morton set" award. As it stands, JSP's hefty anthology is a great way to obtain most of Morton's major work on CD at relatively little cost. The very best way to study this artist is to start at the beginning of his discography using the Classics Chronological Series and then move forward. After hearing these canonic classic jazz recordings as presented by JSP, some folks will indeed want to zoom in for close-ups and study every recorded episode in this primal jazzman's life and works. ~ arwulf arwulf

Product Details

Release Date:	09/12/2000
Label:	Jsp
UPC:	0788065900328
Rank:	89213

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Black Bottom Stomp
2. Smoke-House Blues
3. The Chant
4. Sidewalk Blues
5. Dead Man Blues
6. Steamboat Stomp
7. Someday, Sweetheart
8. Grandpa's Spells
9. Original Jelly Roll Blues
10. Doctor Jazz
11. Cannonball Blues
12. Hyena Stomp
13. Billy Goat Stomp
14. Wild Man Blues
15. Jungle Blues
16. Beale Street Blues
17. The Pearls
18. Wolverine Blues
19. Mr. Jelly Lord

Disc 2

20. Red Hot Pepper
21. Deep Creek Blues
22. Pep
23. Seattle Hunch
24. Frances
25. Freakish
26. Burnin' the Iceberg
27. Courthouse Bump
28. Pretty Lil
29. Sweet Anita Mine
30. New Orleans Bump
31. Down My Way
32. Try Me Out
33. Tank Town Bump
34. Sweet Peter
35. Jersey Joe
36. Mississippi Mildred
37. Mint Julep
38. Smilin' the Blues Away
39. Turtle Twist
40. My Little Dixie Home
41. That's Like It Ought to Be

Disc 3

42. Each Day
43. If Someone Would Only Love Me
44. That'll Never Do
45. I'm Looking for a Little Bluebird
46. Little Lawrence
47. Harmony Blues
48. Fussy Mabel
49. Ponchartrain
50. Oil Well
51. Load of Coal
52. Crazy Chords
53. Primrose Stomp
54. Low Gravy
55. Strokin' Away
56. Blue Blood Blues
57. Mushmouth Shuffle
58. Gambling Jack
59. Fickle Fay Creep

Disc 4

60. The Chant
61. Sidewalk Blues
62. Dead Man Blues
63. Someday, Sweetheart
64. Grandpa's Spells
65. Original Jelly Roll Blues
66. Cannonball Blues
67. Hyena Stomp
68. Billy Goat Stomp
69. Wild Man Blues
70. Jungle Blues
71. Beale Street Blues
72. The Pearls
73. Wolverine Blues
74. Georgia Swing
75. Kansas City Stomp
76. Shoe Shiner's Drag
77. Boogaboo
78. Shreveport Stomp
79. Mournful Serenade

Disc 5

80. Shreveport Stomp
81. Seattle Hunch
82. Freakish
83. Burnin' the Iceberg
84. Courthouse Bump
85. Pretty Lil
86. Sweet Anita Mine
87. New Orleans Bump
88. Tank Town Bump
89. Sweet Peter
90. Jersey Joe
91. Mississippi Mildred
92. Each Day
93. Oil Well
94. Load of Coal
95. Crazy Chords
96. Primrose Stomp
97. Strokin' Away
98. Blue Blood Blues
99. Gambling Jack

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jelly Roll Morton   Primary Artist,Director,Piano,Vocals,Soloist
Albert Nicholas   Guest Artist,Clarinet
Wilbur De Paris   Guest Artist,Trombone
Baby Dodds   Guest Artist,Drums
Johnny Dodds   Guest Artist,Clarinet
Kid Ory   Guest Artist,Trombone
Happy Caldwell   Clarinet
Joe "Cornbread" Thomas   Sax (Alto)
Geechie Fields   Trombone
Boyd "Red" Rosser   Trumpet
Lee Blair   Banjo,Guitar
Tommy Benford   Drums
Bubber Miley   Trumpet
Manzie Johnson   Drums
Bud Scott   Guitar
Bill Beason   Drums
Joe Garland   Sax (Tenor)
Barney Bigard   Clarinet
Charlie Irvis   Trombone
Zutty Singleton   Drums
Pops Foster   Sax (Bass),Sax (Baritone)
Ernie Bullock   Clarinet,Clarinet (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Will Johnson   Guitar
Walter Briscoe   Trumpet
William Cato   Trombone
Stump Evans   Sax (Alto)
Ed Anderson   Trumpet
Eddie Scarpa   Clarinet
George Mitchell   Conductor
Clarence Black   Violin
Paul Barnes   Sax (Soprano)
Paul Barbarin   Drums
Andrew Hilaire   Drums
Bernard Addison   Guitar
J.C. Higginbotham   Trombone
Cozy Cole   Drums
Edwin Swayzee   Trumpet
Russell Procope   Clarinet
Johnny St. Cyr   Banjo,Guitar,Double Bass
Walter Thomas   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Quinn Wilson   Double Bass
Omer Simeon   Clarinet,Double Bass,Clarinet (Bass)
Billy Taylor, Sr.   Double Bass
Darnell Howard   Violin,Clarinet
John Lindsay   Sax (Baritone)
Bill Benford   Double Bass
Jerry Blake   Clarinet,Clarinet (Bass)
Rod Rodriguez   Piano,Ensemble
Harry Prather   Double Bass
Barney Alexander   Banjo,Sax (Baritone)
Pete Biggs   Double Bass
William Laws   Drums
Bass Moore   Double Bass
Ward Pinkett   Trumpet
Gerald Reeves   Trombone
Howard Hill   Guitar
George Baquet   Clarinet
Lorenzo Tio, Jr.   Banjo,Clarinet

Technical Credits

Harrison Smith   Composer
Laurie Wright   Liner Notes
J. Oliver   Composer
Jelly Roll Morton   Composer
Alan Lomax   Liner Notes
Charles Luke   Composer
John R.T. Davies   Remastering
Santo Pecora   Composer
Max Jones   Photography
Lew LeMar   Effects,Vocal Effect
Sally-Ann Worsfold   Liner Notes
Charlie Rider   Composer
Bob Cloud   Composer
King Oliver   Composer
Boyd Senter   Composer
Benjamin Franklin Spikes   Composer
W.C. Handy   Composer
Walter Melrose   Composer
Louis Armstrong   Composer
John Spikes   Composer
Public Domain   Composer
Anita Gonzales   Composer
Zbigniew Preisner   Composer
Ben Garrison   Composer
Marty Bloom   Effects,Composer
Mel Stitzel   Composer
Michael John Bowen   Liner Notes