Jelly Roll Morton - Jelly Roll Morton: 1926-1930 / 5CD set

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.

    - 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