The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  The Story of "I'm Alabama Bound" (Spoken) / I'm Alabama Bound (Song)
  4:03
• 2
  Time in Mobile (Spoken) / "I'm Alabama Bound," continued (Song)
  4:13
• 3
  "King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) / The Story of "King Porter Stomp" (Spoken)
  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)
  3:53
• 5
  Jell Roll's Background (Spoken)
  4:21
• 6
  Music Lessons (Spoken) / "Miserere" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:06
• 7
  "Miserere," continued (Piano Instrumental) / The French Opera House and the Tenderloin (Spoken)
  4:05
• 8
  The Stomping Grounds
  4:15
• 9
  "The Style of Sammy Davis" (Piano Instrumental) / The Renown of Tony Jackson (Spoken) / "Pretty Baby" (Song)
  4:18
• 10
  Tony Jackson Was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium (Spoken)
  4:00
• 11
  Poor Alfred Wilson (Spoken) / Tony Jackson's "Naked Dance" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:03
• 12
  "Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun (Spoken)
  4:21
• 13
  New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place (Spoken) / "Levee Man Blues" (Song)
  4:08
• 14
  The Story of Aaron Harris (Spoken)
  4:05
• CD 2
• 1
  The Story of Aaron Harris, continued (Spoken) / "Aaron Harris Blues" (Song)
  4:06
• 2
  Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the The Hat That Started a Riot (Spoken)
  4:10
• 3
  The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles (Spoken)
  4:05
• 4
  The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued (Spoken) / "Game Kid Blues" (Song)
  4:05
• 5
  "Game Kid Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Carter Rag" (Piano Instrumental)
  3:57
• 6
  New Orleans Funerals (Spoken) / "Steal Away" (Song) / "Nearer My God to Thee" (Song)
  4:18
• 7
  Funeral Marches (Spoken) / "Flee as the Bird to the Mountain" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:12
• 8
  "Oh! Didn't He Ramble" (Piano Instrumental) / Evolution of Tiger Rag (Spoken) / "Tiger Rag" first and second strains (Piano Instrumental)
  4:07
• 9
  "Tiger Rag" third, fourth, and fifth strains (Piano Instrumental) / "Tiger Rag" transformed (Piano Instrumental)
  4:01
• 10
  "Tiger Rag" (Piano Instrumental) / "Panama" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:03
• 11
  The Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo (Interview and Demonstration) / Harmony, Melody, and Riffs (Interview and Demonstration)
  4:40
• 12
  Jazz Discords and the Story of the "Kansas City Stomp" (Interview and Demonstration) / "Kansas City Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:31
• 13
  "Kansas City Stomp," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Breaks in Jazz (Interview and Demonstration) / "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:35
• 14
  Slow Swing and "Sweet Jazz Music" (Interview and Demonstration)
  4:34
• 15
  "Salty Dog" (Song) / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law (Spoken)
  4:23
• 16
  "Hesitation Blues" (Interview and Song)
  4:30
• CD 3
• 1
  "My Gal Sal," original and transformation (Interview and Song)
  3:53
• 2
  The St. Louis Scene (Spoken) / Randall's Tune (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style (Piano Instrumental)
  4:10
• 3
  "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style, conclusion (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," New Orleans style (Piano Instrumental)
  4:20
• 4
  Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Spoken)
  4:20
• 5
  Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued (Spoken) / "Miserere," swinging arrangement, with portion of "Anvil Chorus" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:24
• 6
  "New Orleans Blues" (Song)
  3:59
• 7
  "Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)
  3:45
• 8
  "Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)
  4:24
• 9
  "The Anamule Dance" (Song)
  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)
  4:20
• 11
  The Great Buddy Bolden (Spoken) / "Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Song)
  4:12
• 12
  The Great Buddy Bolden, continued (Spoken)
  4:11
• 13
  "Mr. Jelly Lord" (Song)
  4:10
• 14
  How Jelly Roll Got His Name (Spoken) / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:15
• 15
  "Original Jelly Roll Blues," continued (Song) / Jelly Roll's Four-Beat Foot (Spoken)
  4:10
• 16
  "Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / Old-Time Honky Tonks (Spoken)
  4:06
• CD 4
• 1
  Real Tough Boys (Spoken)
  4:32
• 2
  Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate (Spoken)
  4:33
• 3
  Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas (Spoken) / "See See Rider" (Song)
  4:21
• 4
  "See See Rider," continued (Song) / Parading With the Broadway Swells (Spoken)
  4:25
• 5
  Parading With the Broadway Swells, continued (Spoken)
  4:24
• 6
  Fights and Weapons (Spoken) / "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:28
• 7
  Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) / "Call of the Freaks" (Song)
  4:27
• 8
  Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale (Spoken)
  4:14
• 9
  Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena (Spoken)
  4:34
• 10
  Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis (Spoken)
  4:23
• 11
  In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy (Spoken) / "Benny Frenchy's Tune" (Piano Instrumental)
  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)
  4:24
• 13
  "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (Interview and Song)
  4:16
• 14
  "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)
  4:15
• 15
  "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)
  4:14
• 16
  "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," conclusion (Song)
  4:35
• CD 5
• 1
  "The Dirty Dozen" (Interview and Song)
  4:31
• 2
  The Murder Ballad, Part One (Song)
  4:03
• 3
  The Murder Ballad, Part Two (Song)
  4:18
• 4
  The Murder Ballad, Part Three (Song)
  4:28
• 5
  The Murder Ballad, Part Four (Song)
  4:20
• 6
  The Murder Ballad, Part Five (Song)
  4:13
• 7
  The Murder Ballad, Part Six (Song)
  4:25
• 8
  The Murder Ballad, conclusion (Song)
  4:30
• 9
  "Fickle Fay Creep" (Piano Instrumental)
  3:16
• 10
  "Jungle Blues" (Piano Instrumental)
  3:45
• 11
  "King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)
  2:57
• 12
  "Sweet Peter" (Piano Instrumental)
  3:05
• 13
  "Hyena Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)
  3:34
• 14
  "Wolverine Blues" (Song)
  3:47
• 15
  "Wolverine Blues," continued (Song)
  4:02
• 16
  "State and Madison" (Piano Instrumental)
  3:45
• 17
  "The Pearls" (Piano Instrumental)
  3:31
• 18
  "The Pearls," continued (Piano Instrumental)
  3:35
• CD 6
• 1
  "Bert Williams" (Piano Instrumental)
  3:42
• 2
  "Freakish" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:00
• 3
  "Pep" (Piano Instrumental)
  3:34
• 4
  The Georgia Skin Game (Spoken)
  3:56
• 5
  The Georgia Skin Game, continued (Spoken)
  3:04
• 6
  The Georgia Skin Game, conclusion (Spoken) / "I'm Gonna Get One and Go Directly" (Song)
  3:21
• 7
  "Ungai Hai," the Sign of the Indians (Interview and Song)
  4:11
• 8
  "New Orleans Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / The Spanish Tinge (Spoken)
  4:08
• 9
  The Spanish Tinge, continued (Interview and Demonstration)
  4:15
• 10
  Improving Spanish Tempos and "Creepy Feeling" (Interview and Piano Instrumental)
  4:07
• 11
  "Creepy Feeling" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:20
• 12
  "The Crave" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:32
• 13
  "Mamanita" (Piano Instrumental)
  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"
  4:23
• 15
  "Spanish Swat" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:14
• 16
  "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Song)
  4:13
• 17
  "I Hate a Man Like You" (Interview and Song) / "Rolling Stuff" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:13
• 18
  "Michigan Water Blues" (Interview and Song)
  3:51
• CD 7
• 1
  "Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)
  4:10
• 2
  "Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)
  4:16
• 3
  "Boogie Woogie Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / "Albert Carroll's Tune" (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Bertrand's Blues" (Piano Instrumental)
  4:22
• 4
  "Buddy Bertrand's Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Mamie's Blues" (Interview, Piano Instrumental, and Song)
  4:27
• 5
  When the Hot Stuff Came In (Spoken)
  8:41
• 6
  The First Hot Arrangements (Spoken)
  9:02
• 7
  The Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Café (Spoken)
  8:00
• 8
  At the Cadillac Café, Los Angeles, continued (Spoken) / "Little Liza Jane" (Song)
  9:56
• 9
  "Little Liza Jane," continued (Song) / On the West Coast: Getting Along Swell (Spoken)
  9:47
• 10
  In the Publishing Business (Spoken) / "Tricks Ain't Walking No More" (Song)
  8:50
• CD 8
• 1
  "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Guitar Instrumental)

  Johnny St. Cyr
  1:52
• 2
  Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District (Spoken)

  Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax
  1:23
• 3
  Hot Bands and Creole Tunes (Spoken)

  Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax
  4:30
• 4
  "Eh, La Bas" (Song) / Riffs and Breaks From Creole Songs (Spoken)

  Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax
  2:03
• 5
  Old-Time Creole Musicians and the French Element (Spoken)

  Leonard Bechet and Alan Lomax
  3:33
• 6
  Playing Hot With Buddy Bolden (Spoken)

  Paul Dominguez, Jr., Alphonse Picou, and Alan Lomax
  3:18
• 7
  "High Society" (Instrumental)

  Alphonse Picou and Paul Dominguez, Jr.
  2:17
• 8
  Sporting Life Costumes (Spoken)

  Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax
  1:39
• 9
  Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician (Spoken)

  Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax
  2:24
• 10
  Creoles Playing With Negroes: Getting That Drive (Spoken)

  Leonard Bechet and Alan Lomax
  4:29
• 11
  Jelly Roll's Compositions (Spoken)

  Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax
  3:23
• 12
  How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar (Spoken)

  Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax
  2:21
• 13
  "Guitar Blues" (Guitar Instrumental) / Just the Guitar Blues (Spoken)

  Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax
  2:18
• 14
  Bad Men and Pimps (Spoken)

  Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax
  3:39
• 15
  The Story of the "Coon Blues" (Spoken)

  Alphonse Picou and Alan Lomax
  1:35
• 16
  "Coon Blues" (Instrumental)

  Alphonse Picou and Paul Dominguez, Jr.
  2:23
• 17
  Jazz Is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, and Parades (Spoken)

  Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax
  5:26
• 18
  Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District (Spoken)

  Leonard Bechet and Alan Lomax
  3:41
• 19
  The Main Idea in Jazz: "Just Watch Me" – Improvising and Reading Music (Spoken)

  Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax
  3:25
• 20
  "Of All His Mother's Children He Loved Jelly the Best": A Little Tale of Jelly Roll Morton (Spoken)

  Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax
  8:50

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Release credits

• Adam Ayan
  mastering
• Alan Lomax
  recording, spoken vocals, field recordist [7], spoken vocals [2-3, 5-6, 8-15, 17-20]
• Albert Glenny
  spoken vocals [8-9, 17, 19]
• Alphonse Picou
  clarinet [7, 16], spoken vocals [6, 15]
• Anna Lomax Wood
  producer
• Jeffrey A. Greenberg
  producer
• Jelly Roll Morton
  piano, piano [7.1-10, 6.1-18, 1.1-14, 2.1-16, 3.1-16, 4.1-16, 5.1-18], vocal [6.1-18, 2.1-16, 4.1-16, 3.1-16, 7.1-10, 1.1-14, 5.1-18]
• Johnny St. Cyr
  guitar [1, 4, 13], spoken vocals [2-3, 11-14, 20], vocal [1, 4]
• Leonard Bechet
  spoken vocals [5, 8-10, 17-19]
• Paul Dominguez, Jr.
  guitar [7, 16], spoken vocals [6]
• Robert Crumb
  design/illustration

Issues

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  The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

  8x CD
  27 September 2005