The Complete Library of Congress Recordings 2005

Tracks

1. 1The Story of "I'm Alabama Bound" (Spoken) / I'm Alabama Bound (Song)4:03
2. 2Time 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. 4The 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. 5Jell Roll's Background (Spoken)4:21
6. 6Music Lessons (Spoken) / "Miserere" (Piano Instrumental)4:06
7. 7"Miserere," continued (Piano Instrumental) / The French Opera House and the Tenderloin (Spoken)4:05
8. 8The Stomping Grounds4:15
9. 9"The Style of Sammy Davis" (Piano Instrumental) / The Renown of Tony Jackson (Spoken) / "Pretty Baby" (Song)4:18
10. 10Tony Jackson Was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium (Spoken)4:00
11. 11Poor 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. 13New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place (Spoken) / "Levee Man Blues" (Song)4:08
14. 14The Story of Aaron Harris (Spoken)4:05
15. 1The Story of Aaron Harris, continued (Spoken) / "Aaron Harris Blues" (Song)4:06
16. 2Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the The Hat That Started a Riot (Spoken)4:10
17. 3The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles (Spoken)4:05
18. 4The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued (Spoken) / "Game Kid Blues" (Song)4:05
19. 5"Game Kid Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Carter Rag" (Piano Instrumental)3:57
20. 6New Orleans Funerals (Spoken) / "Steal Away" (Song) / "Nearer My God to Thee" (Song)4:18
21. 7Funeral Marches (Spoken) / "Flee as the Bird to the Mountain" (Piano Instrumental)4:12
22. 8"Oh! Didn't He Ramble" (Piano Instrumental) / Evolution of Tiger Rag (Spoken) / "Tiger Rag" first and second strains (Piano Instrumental)4:07
23. 9"Tiger Rag" third, fourth, and fifth strains (Piano Instrumental) / "Tiger Rag" transformed (Piano Instrumental)4:01
24. 10"Tiger Rag" (Piano Instrumental) / "Panama" (Piano Instrumental)4:03
25. 11The Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo (Interview and Demonstration) / Harmony, Melody, and Riffs (Interview and Demonstration)4:40
26. 12Jazz Discords and the Story of the "Kansas City Stomp" (Interview and Demonstration) / "Kansas City Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)4:31
27. 13"Kansas City Stomp," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Breaks in Jazz (Interview and Demonstration) / "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Piano Instrumental)4:35
28. 14Slow Swing and "Sweet Jazz Music" (Interview and Demonstration)4:34
29. 15"Salty Dog" (Song) / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law (Spoken)4:23
30. 16"Hesitation Blues" (Interview and Song)4:30
31. 1"My Gal Sal," original and transformation (Interview and Song)3:53
32. 2The St. Louis Scene (Spoken) / Randall's Tune (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style (Piano Instrumental)4:10
33. 3"Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style, conclusion (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," New Orleans style (Piano Instrumental)4:20
34. 4Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Spoken)4:20
35. 5Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued (Spoken) / "Miserere," swinging arrangement, with portion of "Anvil Chorus" (Piano Instrumental)4:24
36. 6"New Orleans Blues" (Song)3:59
37. 7"Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)3:45
38. 8"Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)4:24
39. 9"The Anamule Dance" (Song)3:47
40. 10"The Anamule Dance," continued (Song) / The Story of the "The Anmule Dance" (Spoken) / The Origins of Scat, "Scat Song" (Interview and Demonstration)4:20
41. 11The Great Buddy Bolden (Spoken) / "Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Song)4:12
42. 12The Great Buddy Bolden, continued (Spoken)4:11
43. 13"Mr. Jelly Lord" (Song)4:10
44. 14How Jelly Roll Got His Name (Spoken) / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Piano Instrumental)4:15
45. 15"Original Jelly Roll Blues," continued (Song) / Jelly Roll's Four-Beat Foot (Spoken)4:10
46. 16"Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / Old-Time Honky Tonks (Spoken)4:06
47. 1Real Tough Boys (Spoken)4:32
48. 2Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate (Spoken)4:33
49. 3Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas (Spoken) / "See See Rider" (Song)4:21
50. 4"See See Rider," continued (Song) / Parading With the Broadway Swells (Spoken)4:25
51. 5Parading With the Broadway Swells, continued (Spoken)4:24
52. 6Fights and Weapons (Spoken) / "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Piano Instrumental)4:28
53. 7Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) / "Call of the Freaks" (Song)4:27
54. 8Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale (Spoken)4:14
55. 9Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena (Spoken)4:34
56. 10Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis (Spoken)4:23
57. 11In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy (Spoken) / "Benny Frenchy's Tune" (Piano Instrumental)4:24
58. 12"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
59. 13"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (Interview and Song)4:16
60. 14"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)4:15
61. 15"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)4:14
62. 16"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," conclusion (Song)4:35
63. 1"The Dirty Dozen" (Interview and Song)4:31
64. 2The Murder Ballad, Part One (Song)4:03
65. 3The Murder Ballad, Part Two (Song)4:18
66. 4The Murder Ballad, Part Three (Song)4:28
67. 5The Murder Ballad, Part Four (Song)4:20
68. 6The Murder Ballad, Part Five (Song)4:13
69. 7The Murder Ballad, Part Six (Song)4:25
70. 8The Murder Ballad, conclusion (Song)4:30
71. 9"Fickle Fay Creep" (Piano Instrumental)3:16
72. 10"Jungle Blues" (Piano Instrumental)3:45
73. 11"King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)2:57
74. 12"Sweet Peter" (Piano Instrumental)3:05
75. 13"Hyena Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)3:34
76. 14"Wolverine Blues" (Song)3:47
77. 15"Wolverine Blues," continued (Song)4:02
78. 16"State and Madison" (Piano Instrumental)3:45
79. 17"The Pearls" (Piano Instrumental)3:31
80. 18"The Pearls," continued (Piano Instrumental)3:35
81. 1"Bert Williams" (Piano Instrumental)3:42
82. 2"Freakish" (Piano Instrumental)4:00
83. 3"Pep" (Piano Instrumental)3:34
84. 4The Georgia Skin Game (Spoken)3:56
85. 5The Georgia Skin Game, continued (Spoken)3:04
86. 6The Georgia Skin Game, conclusion (Spoken) / "I'm Gonna Get One and Go Directly" (Song)3:21
87. 7"Ungai Hai," the Sign of the Indians (Interview and Song)4:11
88. 8"New Orleans Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / The Spanish Tinge (Spoken)4:08
89. 9The Spanish Tinge, continued (Interview and Demonstration)4:15
90. 10Improving Spanish Tempos and "Creepy Feeling" (Interview and Piano Instrumental)4:07
91. 11"Creepy Feeling" (Piano Instrumental)4:20
92. 12"The Crave" (Piano Instrumental)4:32
93. 13"Mamanita" (Piano Instrumental)4:09
94. 14C'était N'aut' Can-Can, Payez Donc (Interview and Song) / "If You Don't Shake, You Don't Get No Cake" (Song"4:23
95. 15"Spanish Swat" (Piano Instrumental)4:14
96. 16"Ain't Misbehavin'" (Song)4:13
97. 17"I Hate a Man Like You" (Interview and Song) / "Rolling Stuff" (Piano Instrumental)4:13
98. 18"Michigan Water Blues" (Interview and Song)3:51
99. 1"Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)4:10
100. 2"Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)4:16
101. 3"Boogie Woogie Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / "Albert Carroll's Tune" (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Bertrand's Blues" (Piano Instrumental)4:22
102. 4"Buddy Bertrand's Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Mamie's Blues" (Interview, Piano Instrumental, and Song)4:27
103. 5When the Hot Stuff Came In (Spoken)8:41
104. 6The First Hot Arrangements (Spoken)9:02
105. 7The Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Café (Spoken)8:00
106. 8At the Cadillac Café, Los Angeles, continued (Spoken) / "Little Liza Jane" (Song)9:56
107. 9"Little Liza Jane," continued (Song) / On the West Coast: Getting Along Swell (Spoken)9:47
108. 10In the Publishing Business (Spoken) / "Tricks Ain't Walking No More" (Song)8:50
109. 1"Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Guitar Instrumental)1:52
110. 2Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District (Spoken)1:23
111. 3Hot Bands and Creole Tunes (Spoken)4:30
112. 4"Eh, La Bas" (Song) / Riffs and Breaks From Creole Songs (Spoken)2:03
113. 5Old-Time Creole Musicians and the French Element (Spoken)3:33
114. 6Playing Hot With Buddy Bolden (Spoken)3:18
115. 7"High Society" (Instrumental)2:17
116. 8Sporting Life Costumes (Spoken)1:39
117. 9Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician (Spoken)2:24
118. 10Creoles Playing With Negroes: Getting That Drive (Spoken)4:29
119. 11Jelly Roll's Compositions (Spoken)3:23
120. 12How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar (Spoken)2:21
121. 13"Guitar Blues" (Guitar Instrumental) / Just the Guitar Blues (Spoken)2:18
122. 14Bad Men and Pimps (Spoken)3:39
123. 15The Story of the "Coon Blues" (Spoken)1:35
124. 16"Coon Blues" (Instrumental)2:23
125. 17Jazz Is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, and Parades (Spoken)5:26
126. 18Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District (Spoken)3:41
127. 19The Main Idea in Jazz: "Just Watch Me" – Improvising and Reading Music (Spoken)3:25
128. 20"Of All His Mother's Children He Loved Jelly the Best": A Little Tale of Jelly Roll Morton (Spoken)8:50

128 tracks, 541 minutes.

About the album

Artist

Jelly Roll Morton

Label

Rounder

Released

September 27, 2005

Type

Album

Format

CD

Country

US

From MusicBrainz, the earliest official release of this album.