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The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Box Set) (EXPLICIT) (Remaster) (CD)

By: Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)

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DISC 1 for The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Box Set) (EXPLICIT) (Remaster) (CD) Album By Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)
1   Story Of Alabama Bound, The
2   Time In Mobile
3   King Porter Stomp
4   Story Of King Porter Stomp, The
5   Jelly Roll's Background
6   Music Lessons
7   Miserere
8   Stomping Grounds, The
9   Style Of Sammy Davis, The
10   Tony Jackson Was The Favorite / Dope, Crown, And Opium
11   Poor Alfred Wilson
12   Honky Tonk Blues
13   New Orleans Was A Free And Easy Place
14   Story Of Aaron Harris Pt. 1, The
 
DISC 2 for The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Box Set) (EXPLICIT) (Remaster) (CD) Album By Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)
1   Story Of Aaron Harris Pt. 2, The
2   Aaron Harris's Hoodoo Woman & The Hat That Started A Riot
3   1900 New Orleans Riot Pt. 1 & The Song Of Robert Charles, The
4   1900 New Orleans Riot Pt. 2 & The Game Kid Blues Pt. 1, The
5   Game Kid Blues Pt. 2
6   New Orleans Funerals
7   Funeral Marches
8   Oh! Didn't He Ramble
9   Tiger Rag, 3rd, 4th and 5th Strains
10   Tiger Rag
11   Right Tempo Is The Accurate Tempo, The
12   Jazz Discords & The Story Of The Kansas City Stomp
13   Slow Swing & Sweet Jazz Music
14   Salty Dog
15   Hesitation Blues
 
DISC 3 for The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Box Set) (EXPLICIT) (Remaster) (CD) Album By Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)
1   My Gal Sal
2   St. Louis Scene, The
3   Maple Leaf Rag
4   Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis Pt. 1
5   Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis Pt 2
6   New Orleans Blues
7   Winin' Boy Blues Pt. 1
8   Winin' Boy Blues Pt. 2
9   Anamule Dance Pt. 1, The
10   Anamule Dance Pt. 2, The
11   Great Buddy Bolden Pt. 1, The
12   Great Buddy Bolden Pt. 2, The
13   Mr. Jelly Lord
14   How Jelly Roll Got His Name
15   Original Jelly Roll Blues
16   Honky Tonk Blues And Old-Time Honky Tonks
 
DISC 4 for The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Box Set) (EXPLICIT) (Remaster) (CD) Album By Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)
1   Real Tough Boys
2   Sporting Attire
3   Sweet Mamas And Sweet Papas
4   See See Rider
5   Parading With The Broadway Swells
6   Fights And Weapons
7   Luis Rusell And The New Orleans Riffs
8   Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo To Clarksdale
9   Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale To Helena
10   Jelly's Travels: From Helena To Memphis
11   In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon & Benny Frenchy
12   Benny Frenchy's Tune
13   Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Pt. 1
14   Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Pt. 2
15   Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Pt. 3
16   Make Me A Pallet On The Floor Pt. 4
 
DISC 5 for The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Box Set) (EXPLICIT) (Remaster) (CD) Album By Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)
1   Dirty Dozen, The  
2   Murder Ballad Pt. 1, The  
3   Murder Ballad Pt. 2, The  
4   Murder Ballad Pt. 3, The  
5   Murder Ballad Pt. 4, The  
6   Murder Ballad Pt. 5, The  
7   Murder Ballad Pt. 6, The  
8   Murder Ballad Pt. 7, The  
9   Fickle Fay Creep  
10   Jungle Blues  
11   King Porter Stomp  
12   Sweet Peter  
13   Hyena Stomp  
14   Wolverine Blues Pt. 1  
15   Wolverine Blues Pt. 2  
16   State And Madison  
17   Pearls Pt. 1, The  
18   Pearls Pt. 2, The  
 
DISC 6 for The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Box Set) (EXPLICIT) (Remaster) (CD) Album By Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)
1   Bert Williams
2   Freakish
3   Pep
4   Georgia Skin Game Pt. 1, The
5   Georgia Skin Game Pt. 2, The
6   Georgia Skin Game Pt. 3, The
7   Ungai Hai, The Sign Of The Indians
8   New Orleans Blues
9   Spanish Tinge, The
10   Improving Spanish Tempos
11   Creepy Feeling
12   Crave, The
13   Mamanita
14   If You Don't Shake , You Don't Get No Cake
15   Spanish Swat
16   Ain't Misbehavin'
17   I Hate A Man Like You / Rolling Stuff
18   Michigan Water Blues
 
DISC 7 for The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Box Set) (EXPLICIT) (Remaster) (CD) Album By Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)
1   Winin' Boy Blues Pt. 1
2   Winin' Boy Blues Pt. 2
3   Boogie Woogie Blues
4   Buddy Bertrand's Blues
5   When The Hot Stuff Came In
6   First Hot Arrangements, The
7   Pensacola Kid & The Cadillac Cafe, The
8   At The Cadillac Cafe, Los Angeles
9   Little Liza Jane
10   In The Publishing Business
 
DISC 8 for The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings By Alan Lomax (Box Set) (EXPLICIT) (Remaster) (CD) Album By Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)
1   Original Jelly Roll Blues - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
2   Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
3   Hot Bands & Creole Tunes - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
4   Eh, La Bas - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
5   Old-Time Creole Musicians - (with Leonard Bechet)
6   Playing Hot With Buddy Bolden - (with Paul Dominguez Jr./Alphonse Picou)
7   High Society - (with Alphonse Picou/Paul Dominguez Jr.)
8   Sporting Life Costumes - (with Albert Glenny/Leonard Bechet)
9   Buddy Bolden - (with Albert Glenny/Leonard Bechet)
10   Creoles Playing With Negroes - (with Leonard Bechet)
11   Jelly Roll's Compositions - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
12   Johnny St. Cyr Learns To Play Guitar - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
13   Guitar Blues - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
14   Bad Men And Pimps - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
15   Story Of The Coon Blues, The - (with Alphonse Picou)
16   Coon Blues - (with Alphonse Picou/Paul Dominguez Jr.)
17   Jazz Is Just A Make-Up - (with Albert Glenny/Leonard Bechet)
18   Young Sidney Bechet - (with Leonard Bechet)
19   Main Idea In Jazz, The - (with Albert Glenny/Leonard Bechet)
20   Little Tale Of Jelly Roll Morton, A - (with Johnny St. Cyr)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.72) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Morton tells the most important truth about the birth of jazz: what it was like to be there when it happened, at the turn of the century in America's most exciting musical city."
Uncut (p.88) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he sophisticated charm and complexity of his work still bears much relevance."
JazzTimes (p.97) - "[T]here is a hypnotic quality to these reminiscences, usually delivered as the protagonist taps his foot and plays chords on the piano."
Living Blues (pp.69-70) - "[T]his extraordinary document adds immeasurably to our understanding of the complex - and often overlooked - interconnections between jazz, blues, and other southern music."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.126) - 5 stars out of 5 - "[I]t tells the story not just of the composer of 'Alabama Bound' and the 'King Porter Stomp', but the foundations on which so much popular music has since been built."

Title Note

THE COMPLETE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECORDINGS comes packaged in a piano-shaped box and includes two soft-bound books; a biography by Alan Lomax, and an 80-page book with rare photographs.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

Personnel: Jelly Roll Morton (vocals, piano); Leonard Bechet, Paul Dominguez Jr., Albert Glenny (spoken vocals); Johnny St. Cyr (guitar); Alphonse Picou (clarinet).

Liner Note Authors: Alan Lomax; John F. Szwed.

Recording information: 1938.

Jelly Roll Morton liked to claim he invented jazz, and while the claim is clearly a self-aggrandizing overstatement, there is plenty of evidence that his innovations defined the genre in essential ways. THE COMPLETE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS RECORDINGS, a mammoth, lavishly packaged 8-disc box set, contains heaps of evidence to that effect.

Supervised by Alan Lomax, these recordings were made in 1938, well after Morton's reign as a jazz giant. Still, the sessions amount to nothing less than an anthropological study--not only of Morton and his music--but of the dawn of jazz itself. Morton's Dixieland piano playing is still in fine form here, and his superb songs, the structures and sound of which shaped the genre, are as smart as ever. But the real treat here is Morton's spoken word segments: the artist recounts his heyday with a vividness and charm that is priceless. Add to these qualities excellent sound and impeccable packaging, and the set becomes one of the most valuable oral and aural documents concerning the history of American pop music available.

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