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Kansas City Stomp: Library Of Congress Vol. 1 (CD)

By: Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)

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Jelly Roll Morton Artist Snapshot:

Jelly Roll Morton may have been indulging in typical hyperbole when he advertised himself as the inventor of jazz, but one has to concede his role as the idiom's first important composer. A wonderful pianist who could also sing, he brilliantly distilled the polyglot influences of his native New Orleans into masterpieces of pulsating polyphony on his classic recordings of the 1920s, including "Dead Man Blues" and "Black Bottom Stomp." Morton's later career was short-circuited by ever-shifting musical trends, but his Library of Congress interviews with Alan Lomax provide a unique insight into the nearly vanished musical culture from which he had sprung.

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DISC 1 for Kansas City Stomp: Library Of Congress Vol. 1 (CD) Album By Jelly Roll Morton (Artist)
1   I'm Alabama Bound
2   I'm Alabama Bound (II)
3   King Porter Stomp (I)
4   You Can Have It, I Don't Want It
5   Miserere, The - (begun)
6   Miserere, The - (concluded)
7   Sammy Davis's Style
8   Pretty Baby
9   Tony Jackson's Naked Dance
10   Honky Tonk Blues
11   Levee Man Blues
12   Aaron Harris Blues
13   Game Kid Blues - (begun)
14   Game Kid Blues - (concluded)
15   Buddy Carter Rag
16   Steal Away / Nearer, My God, To Thee
17   Flee As A Bird To The Mountain
18   Oh! Didn't He Ramble - (begun)
19   Oh! Didn't He Ramble - (concluded)
20   Tiger Rag: The Quadrille - (begun)
21   Tiger Rag: The Quadrille - (concluded)
22   Tiger Rag - (begun)
23   Tiger Rag - (concluded)
24   Panama - (incomplete)
25   Kansas City Stomp - (begun)
26   Kansas City Stomp - (concluded)
27   (Darktown) Strutters' Ball
28   Sweet Jazz Music
29   Salty Dog
30   Hesitating Blues
31   My Gal Sal
32   Randall's Tune
33   Maple Leaf Rag - (St. Louis Tempo, begun)
34   Maple Leaf Rag - (St. Louis Tempo, concluded)
35   Maple Leaf Rag - (Morton style)
36   Miserere, The
37   Low-Down Blues (New Orleans Blues)
 

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Title Note

Recorded in 1938.

KANSAS CITY STOMP is part of Rounder Records' 4-disc Jelly Roll Morton retrospective. These reissues are in their complete, uncensored form. In addition, the pitch problems which existed in the original recordings have been corrected.

One of the most important figures in early jazz, Jelly Roll Morton helped move the fledgling form forward during the 1920s with his energetic compositions, deft piano playing, and colorful personality. (As with bluesman Robert Johnson, many of the stories about Morton's itinerant life have been exaggerated to the point of legend.) Although Morton's heyday had long passed when musicologist Alan Lomax recorded these tracks in the late '30s for the Library of Congress, the collection presents the New Orleans-born performer in surprisingly fine form, taking on some of his most well-known tunes, including the lively "King Porter Stomp" and multiple versions of the careening "Maple Leaf Rag." In addition to his work on the eighty-eights, Morton sings on a few numbers and offers up occasional commentary about his compositions. The result is an important document that bridges ragtime and jazz, making it essential for listeners interested in the history of both styles.

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