The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	The Story of "I'm Alabama Bound" (Spoken) / I'm Alabama Bound (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton partial cover recording of: I'm Alabama Bound composer: Robert Hoffman (Wrote "I'm Alabama Bound") (in 1909)		4:03
2	Time in Mobile (Spoken) / "I'm Alabama Bound," continued (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton partial recording of: I'm Alabama Bound composer: Robert Hoffman (Wrote "I'm Alabama Bound") (in 1909)		4:13
3	"King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) / The Story of "King Porter Stomp" (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: King Porter Stomp composer: Jelly Roll Morton		4:06
4	The Story of "King Porter Stomp," continued (Spoken) / "You Can Have It, I Don't Want It" (Song) / Copyrights and Battles of Music (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:53
5	Jell Roll's Background (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:21
6	Music Lessons (Spoken) / "Miserere" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:06
7	"Miserere," continued (Piano Instrumental) / The French Opera House and the Tenderloin (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:05
8	The Stomping Grounds piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:15
9	"The Style of Sammy Davis" (Piano Instrumental) / The Renown of Tony Jackson (Spoken) / "Pretty Baby" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:18
10	Tony Jackson Was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:00
11	Poor Alfred Wilson (Spoken) / Tony Jackson's "Naked Dance" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:03
12	"Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:21
13	New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place (Spoken) / "Levee Man Blues" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:08
14	The Story of Aaron Harris (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:05

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	The Story of Aaron Harris, continued (Spoken) / "Aaron Harris Blues" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:06
2	Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the The Hat That Started a Riot (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:10
3	The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:05
4	The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued (Spoken) / "Game Kid Blues" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:05
5	"Game Kid Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Carter Rag" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:57
6	New Orleans Funerals (Spoken) / "Steal Away" (Song) / "Nearer My God to Thee" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:18
7	Funeral Marches (Spoken) / "Flee as the Bird to the Mountain" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:12
8	"Oh! Didn't He Ramble" (Piano Instrumental) / Evolution of Tiger Rag (Spoken) / "Tiger Rag" first and second strains (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton cover recording of: Oh, Didn’t He Ramble writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist), Bob Cole and John Rosamond Johnson (African American songwriter) arranger: William Christopher Handy part of: All of Me (1984 film) partial cover recording of: Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version) composer: Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist), Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields		4:07
9	"Tiger Rag" third, fourth, and fifth strains (Piano Instrumental) / "Tiger Rag" transformed (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton partial cover recording of: Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version) composer: Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist), Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields		4:01
10	"Tiger Rag" (Piano Instrumental) / "Panama" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton cover recording of: Panama composer: William H. Tyers		4:03
11	The Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo (Interview and Demonstration) / Harmony, Melody, and Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:40
12	Jazz Discords and the Story of the "Kansas City Stomp" (Interview and Demonstration) / "Kansas City Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:31
13	"Kansas City Stomp," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Breaks in Jazz (Interview and Demonstration) / "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:35
14	Slow Swing and "Sweet Jazz Music" (Interview and Demonstration) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:34
15	"Salty Dog" (Song) / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:23
16	"Hesitation Blues" (Interview and Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:30

▼ CD 3
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	"My Gal Sal," original and transformation (Interview and Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:53
2	The St. Louis Scene (Spoken) / Randall's Tune (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:10
3	"Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style, conclusion (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," New Orleans style (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:20
4	Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:20
5	Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued (Spoken) / "Miserere," swinging arrangement, with portion of "Anvil Chorus" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:24
6	"New Orleans Blues" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:59
7	"Winin' Boy Blues" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:45
8	"Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:24
9	"The Anamule Dance" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:47
10	"The Anamule Dance," continued (Song) / The Story of the "The Anmule Dance" (Spoken) / The Origins of Scat, "Scat Song" (Interview and Demonstration) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:20
11	The Great Buddy Bolden (Spoken) / "Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:12
12	The Great Buddy Bolden, continued (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:11
13	"Mr. Jelly Lord" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:10
14	How Jelly Roll Got His Name (Spoken) / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:15
15	"Original Jelly Roll Blues," continued (Song) / Jelly Roll's Four-Beat Foot (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:10
16	"Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / Old-Time Honky Tonks (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:06

▼ CD 4
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Real Tough Boys (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:32
2	Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:33
3	Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas (Spoken) / "See See Rider" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:21
4	"See See Rider," continued (Song) / Parading With the Broadway Swells (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:25
5	Parading With the Broadway Swells, continued (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:24
6	Fights and Weapons (Spoken) / "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:28
7	Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) / "Call of the Freaks" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:27
8	Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:14
9	Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:34
10	Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:23
11	In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy (Spoken) / "Benny Frenchy's Tune" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:24
12	"Benny Frenchy's Tune," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Bad Sam, Memphis' Toughest (Interview) / "The Stomp That Beat Benny Frenchy" (Piano Instrumental) / "All That I Ask Is Love" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:24
13	"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (Interview and Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:16
14	"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:15
15	"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:14
16	"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," conclusion (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:35

▼ CD 5
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	"The Dirty Dozen" (Interview and Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:31
2	The Murder Ballad, Part One (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:03
3	The Murder Ballad, Part Two (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:18
4	The Murder Ballad, Part Three (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:28
5	The Murder Ballad, Part Four (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:20
6	The Murder Ballad, Part Five (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:13
7	The Murder Ballad, Part Six (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:25
8	The Murder Ballad, conclusion (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:30
9	"Fickle Fay Creep" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: Fickle Fay Creep composer: Jelly Roll Morton		3:16
10	"Jungle Blues" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:45
11	"King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: King Porter Stomp composer: Jelly Roll Morton		2:57
12	"Sweet Peter" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: Sweet Peter composer: Jelly Roll Morton		3:05
13	"Hyena Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: Hyena Stomp composer: Jelly Roll Morton		3:34
14	"Wolverine Blues" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: Wolverine Blues composer: Benjamin F Spikes (Benjamin Franklin "Reb" Spikes), Jelly Roll Morton and John Spikes		3:47
15	"Wolverine Blues," continued (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton partial recording of: Wolverine Blues composer: Benjamin F Spikes (Benjamin Franklin "Reb" Spikes), Jelly Roll Morton and John Spikes		4:02
16	"State and Madison" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:45
17	"The Pearls" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: The Pearls composer: Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe		3:31
18	"The Pearls," continued (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton partial recording of: The Pearls composer: Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe		3:35

▼ CD 6
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	"Bert Williams" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:42
2	"Freakish" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: Freakish composer: Jelly Roll Morton		4:00
3	"Pep" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: Pep composer: Jelly Roll Morton		3:34
4	The Georgia Skin Game (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:56
5	The Georgia Skin Game, continued (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:04
6	The Georgia Skin Game, conclusion (Spoken) / "I'm Gonna Get One and Go Directly" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		3:21
7	"Ungai Hai," the Sign of the Indians (Interview and Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:11
8	"New Orleans Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / The Spanish Tinge (Spoken) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:08
9	The Spanish Tinge, continued (Interview and Demonstration) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:15
10	Improving Spanish Tempos and "Creepy Feeling" (Interview and Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:07
11	"Creepy Feeling" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:20
12	"The Crave" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: The Crave composer: Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe		4:32
13	"Mamanita" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: Mamamita writer: Jelly Roll Morton		4:09
14	C'était N'aut' Can-Can, Payez Donc (Interview and Song) / "If You Don't Shake, You Don't Get No Cake" (Song" piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:23
15	"Spanish Swat" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:14
16	"Ain't Misbehavin'" (Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: Ain’t Misbehavin’ lyricist: Andy Razaf (in 1929) composer: Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929) publisher: BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)		4:13
17	"I Hate a Man Like You" (Interview and Song) / "Rolling Stuff" (Piano Instrumental) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton		4:13
18	"Michigan Water Blues" (Interview and Song) piano: Jelly Roll Morton vocals: Jelly Roll Morton recording of: Michigan Water Blues writer: Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)		3:51

▶ CD 7

▶ CD 8

Credits

Release

design/illustration:	Robert Crumb
producer:	Jeffrey A. Greenberg Anna Lomax Wood
recording engineer:	Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
mastering:	Adam Ayan (Gateway Mastering)
piano:	Jelly Roll Morton
spoken vocals:	Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/5373046 [info]
ASIN:	US: B000AOF9W0 [info]

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/651198 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/jelly-roll-morton/the-complete-library-of-congress-recordings/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000447234 [info]
Wikidata:	Q7727154 [info]

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Barcode:: 011661189829
Format:: 8×CD
Length:: 9:01:27

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Type:: Album
Packaging:: Other
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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11661-1898-2

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United States
2005-09-27

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