Description
Release Date: 2012
Label: Folkway Records
Track List
- 1 King Porter Stomp
- 2 New Orleans Joys
- 3 Grandpa’s Spells
- 4 Kansas City Stomp
- 5 Wolverine Blues
- 6 The Pearls
- 7 Thirty-Fifth Street Blues
- 8 Mamanita
- 9 Frog-I-More Rag
- 10 London Blues
- 11 Tia Juana
- 12 Shreveport Stomp
- 13 Mamanita
- 14 Jelly Roll Blues
- 15 Big Foot Ham
- 16 Bucktown Blues
- 17 Tom Cat Blues
- 18 Stratford Hunch
- 19 Perfect Rag
Notes
Jelly Roll Morton’s unexpected use of rhythm and his skill at emulating a full jazz band sound on the piano resonate throughout this collection of classic recordings from the Gennett label. These 19 selections were recorded during one prolific year and are presented here in chronological order.
