The Chronological Classics: Jelly-Roll Morton 1930-1939

~ Release by Jelly Roll Morton (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1New Crawley Blues
Wilton Crawley and His Orchestra3:03
2She Saves Her Sweetest Smiles for Me
Wilton Crawley and His Orchestra2:58
3Low Gravy
recording of:
Low Gravy
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers2:44
4Strokin' Away
recording of:
Strokin’ Away
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers2:54
5Blue Mood Blues
recording of:
Blue Blood Blues
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers3:02
6Mushmouth Shuffle
recording of:
Mushmouth Shuffle
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers2:43
7Gambling Jack
recording of:
Gambling Jack
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers2:51
8Fickle Fay Creep
recording of:
Fickle Fay Creep
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers3:13
9Finger BusterJelly Roll Morton2:49
10Creepy Feeling
Jelly Roll Morton3:31
11Winin' Boy Blues
recording of:
Winin’ Boy Blues
lyricist and composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and MPL Music Publishing Inc.
Jelly Roll Morton3:04
12Honky Tonk Music
Jelly Roll Morton3:15
13Oh, Didn't He Ramble?
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)
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen3:12
14High Society
recording of:
High Society (jazz standard, with lyrics added c. 1920s to a 1901 march, supposedly never performed except instrumentally)
lyricist:
Walter Melrose
composer:
Porter Steele (in 1901-04)
is based on:
High Society (march composed by Porter Steele in 1901)
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen2:51
15I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say
recording of:
Buddy Bolden’s Blues (I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say)
lyricist and previously attributed to:
Jelly Roll Morton
additional composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
composer:
Buddy Bolden
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and MCD Music Limited
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen3:13
16Winin' Boy Blues
recording of:
Winin’ Boy Blues
lyricist and composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and MPL Music Publishing Inc.
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen3:09
17Climax Rag
recording of:
Climax Rag
composer:
James Scott (ragtime composer)
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen2:25
18Don't You Leave Me HereJelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen2:23
19West End Blues
recording of:
West End Blues
lyricist:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
composer:
King Oliver (jazz cornetist)
is based on:
West End Blues (original instrumental)
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen2:52
20Ballin' the Jack
recording of:
Ballin’ the Jack
lyricist:
Jim Burris
composer:
Chris Smith (Ragtime composer)
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen2:14
21Sporting House RagJelly Roll Morton2:20
22Original Rags
recording of:
Original Rags
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist) (in 1898)
arranger:
Charles N. Daniels
Jelly Roll Morton2:48

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 654) (order: 163)