Description
Release Date: 2024
Label: Acrobat Music
Track List
Disc: 1
- Burnin’ The Iceberg (Weary Blues)
- Tank Town Bump
- Pretty Lil
- New Orleans Bump
- Courthouse Bump
- Sweet Anita Mine
- Turtle Twist
- Smilin’ The Blues Away
- Try Me Out
- Down My Way
- Fussy Mabel
- Pontchartrain Blues
- Little Lawrence
- Harmony Blues
- Seattle Hunch
- Freakish
- My Little Dixie Home
- That’s Like It Ought To Be
- Pep
- Fat Frances
- Blue Blood Blues
- Mushmouth Shuffle
- I’m Looking For A Little Bluebird
Disc: 2
- Fickle Fay Creep
- That’ll Never Do
- Crazy Chords
- Gambling Jack
- Oil Well
- If Someone Would Only Love Me
- Mint Julep
- Low Gravy
- Stroking Away
- Sing A Little Song Each Day
- Jersey Joe
- Sweet Peter
- Mississippi Mildred
- Primrose Stomp
- Load Of Coal
- After You’ve Gone
- Trees
- Honky Tonk Music
- Fingerbuster
- Creepy Feeling
- Oh, Didn’t He Ramble
- Winin’ Boy Blues
- High Society
- I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
Disc: 3
- West End Blues
- Climax Rag
- Ballin’ The Jack
- Don’t You Leave Me Here
- Original Rag
- Mamie’s Blues
- The Naked Dance
- Michigan Water Blues
- The Crave
- Buddy Bolden’s Blues
- Mister Joe
- Winin’ Boy Blues
- King Porter Stomp
- Don’t You Leave Me Here
- Sweet Substitute
- Panama
- Good Old New York
- Big Lip Blues
- Get The Bucket
- If You Knew
- Shake It
- Dirty, Dirty, Dirty
- Swinging The Elks
- Mama’s Got A Baby
- My Home Is In A Southern Town
Notes
Pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger and occasional singer Ferdinand Joseph ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton was one of the most important and influential personalities in the entire history of jazz. Born in New Orleans of Creole descent in 1890, he was one of the earliest jazz innovators and pioneers, to the extent that he actually said that he invented the genre, although his accomplishments and influence were such that he did not need to make such exaggerated claims. Starting as a ragtime pianist, his 1915 tune “Jelly Roll Blues” was one of the first published jazz compositions. His career output of recordings was so prolific that we have chosen to release them as two 3-CD sets. This 72-track Vol. 2 collection comprises releases during these years on the Victor, Bluebird and General labels, including solo performances, and recordings with various line-ups as Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers, The Jelly Roll Morton Trio, Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen, Jelly Roll Morton’s Seven and The Morton Six/Seven. Members of his ensembles during this era include Henry ‘Red’ Allen, J.C. Higginbotham, Pops Foster, Paul Barbarin, Sonny Greer, Barney Bigard, Zutty Singleton, Ward Pinkett, Wilbur De Paris, Cozy Cole, Bubber Miley and Sidney Bechet. Released at the same time is “A Career Anthology Vol. 1 1923-28” (ACTRCD9155). They both offer a comprehensive overview of his work during these eras, and are a fine showcase for his unique talents.
