Jelly Roll Morton - Jelly Roll Morton: 1926-1930 (CD)

Braggart, womaniser, sometime drunk, spendthrift... genius. Jelly Roll Morton had a lifestyle that would leave the most hedonistic of modern rock stars breathless. The difference, dare we say it, is that Morton was endowed with an almost limitless musical talent. So when he and his fellow musicians got into the studio they did what they were there for... they made music. No overdubs. No thirty minute star solos. No self-indulgent time-outs. And what a job they did! Seventy years after they were cut, these recordings will still impress you with their freshness and originality. If you're a fan, you'll know all this already. But fan or not, you're in for a revelation. Remastering that borders on the obsessive has released sounds not heard since these important recordings were first made. American musical history pure and simple. Unlike Mr Jelly Lord.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Black Bottom Stomp
2. Smoke House Blues
3. The Chant
4. Sidewalk Blues
5. Dead Man Blues
6. Steamboat Stomp
7. Someday Sweetheart
8. Grandpa's Spells
9. Original Jelly Roll Blues
10. Doctor Jazz
11. Cannonball Blues
12. Hyena Stomp
13. Billy Goat Stomp
14. Wild Man Blues
15. Jungle Blues
16. Beale Street Blues
17. The Pearls
18. Wolverine Blues
19. Mr. Jelly Lord

Disc: 2

1. Red Hot Pepper
2. Deep Creek
3. Pep
4. Seattle Hunch
5. Frances (Fat Frances)
6. Freakish
7. Burnin' the Iceberg
8. Courthouse Bump
9. Pretty Lil
10. Sweet Aneta Mine
11. New Orleans Bump
12. Down My Way
13. Try Me Out
14. Tank Town Bump
15. Sweet Peter
16. Jersey Joe
17. Mississippi Mildred
18. Mint Julep
19. Smilin' the Blues Away
20. Turtle Twist
21. My Little Dixie Home
22. That's Like It Ought to Be

Disc: 3

1. Each Day
2. If Somebody Would Only Love Me
3. That'll Never Do
4. I'm Looking for a Little Bluebird
5. Little Lawrence
6. Harmony Blues
7. Fussy Mabel
8. Ponchatrain
9. Oil Well
10. Load of Coal (Load of Cole)
11. Crazy Chords
12. Primrose Stomp
13. Low Gravy
14. Strokin' Away
15. Blue Blood Blues
16. Mushmouth Shuffle
17. Gambling Jack
18. Fickle Day Creep

Disc: 4

1. The Chant
2. Sidewalk Blues
3. Dead Man Blues
4. Someday Sweetheart
5. Grandpa's Spells
6. Original Jelly Roll Blues
7. Cannonball Blues
8. Hyena Stomp
9. Billy Goat Stomp
10. Wild Man Blues
11. Jungle Blues
12. Beale Street Blues
13. The Pearls
14. Wolverine Blues
15. Georgia Swing
16. Kansas City Stomps
17. Shoe Shiner's Drag
18. Boogaboo
19. Shreveport
20. Mournful Serenade

Disc: 5

1. Shreveport
2. Seattle Hunch
3. Freakish
4. Burnin' the Iceberg
5. Courthouse Bump
6. Pretty Lil
7. Sweet Aneta Mine
8. New Orleans Bump (Monrovia)
9. Tank Town Bump
10. Sweet Peter
11. Jersey Joe
12. Mississippi Mildred
13. Each Day
14. Oil Well
15. Load of Cole (Load of Coal)
16. Crazy Chords
17. Primrose Stomp
18. Strokin' Away
19. Blue Blood Blues
20. Gambling Jack