Jelly Roll Morton 1924 1926

Jelly Roll Morton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 12, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Allegro Corporation
• ASIN: B000001NKR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,313,616 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fish Tail Blues

2. High Society

3. Weary Blues

4. Tiger Rag

5. My Gal

6. Wolverine Blues

7. Mr. Jelly Lord

8. The Pearls

9. Sweetheart O' Mine

10. Fat Meat and Greens

11. King Porter Stomp

12. Soap Suds

13. Dead Man Blues

14. Georgia Grind

15. Black Bottom Stomp

16. Smoke-House Blues

17. The Chant

18. Sidewalk Blues

19. Dead Man Blues

20. Steamboat Stomp

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Genius At Work, January 10, 2002

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Peter Acebal (Christiansburg, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jelly Roll Morton 1924 1926 (Audio CD)

This stunning CD is an embarassment of riches (actually,I'd give it 10 stars easily);the evolution of Morton's musical vision grew rapidly from 1924 on and the opening 4 tracks by a 1924 band enable us to hear the intricacies of Morton's polyphonic art at work,indeed,the other half of this CD is taken up by the superb 1926 Red Hot Peppers sides where Morton at last nailed it down definitively and this CD allows you to compare and contrast the 1924 AND 1926 sides back to back to study Morton's growth.But this CD is far from just study material into a great musical mind,- there's plenty of remarkable (and memorable)music here,from the beautiful clarinet obligatto in "High Society" (1924)to the almost Baroque opening cadenza of "The Chant"(1926) and on with revisions of "The Pearls" and "Wolverine Blues" to boot.The remastering (like all the Classics series)is above-average and there's enough revelation AND pleasure here to make this CD a sinfully affordable treasure.Be the first on your block to order your's now.Thanks to Amazon for performing such a service to the Jazz community by making CDs like this as widely and easily available as possible for all!