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Title:
Jelly Roll Morton [CD] : the Library of Congress recordings
Author:
Publication Date:
2006
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, ℗2006.
Physical Description:
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
General Note:
Jazz and interviews.
"Highlights from the 8 CD set, including several of Jelly Roll's solo piano performances of his best known compositions, and segments of his remarkable spoken story"--Container.
Biographical and program notes by John Szwed ([40] p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Performers:
Jelly Roll Morton, piano and vocals.
Contents:
The story of "I'm Alabama bound" ; "I'm Alabama bound" (4:03) -- "King Porter stomp" ; The story of "King Porter stomp" (4:06) -- Jelly Roll's background (2:21) -- "Mr. Jelly Lord" (4:08) -- Stomping grounds (2:34) -- "The anamule dance" (3:46) -- "Tiger rag" ; "Panama" (4:03) -- The right tempo is the accurate tempo (4:39) -- "Maple leaf rag" (3:31) -- Jazz discords and story of "Kansas City stomp" ; "Kansas City stomp" (4:25) -- "Kansas City stomp" (3:17) -- "Wolverine blues" (4:00) -- The Spanish tinge ; "New Orleans blues" ; "La paloma " (4:14) -- "The crave" (4:32) -- Sporting attire and shooting the agate (4:32) -- Funeral march ; "Flee as the bird to the mountain" (4:12) -- How Jelly got his name ; "Original Jelly Roll blues" (4:13).
Personal Subject:
Language:
English
