Mr Jelly Lord: Standard Time 6

Wynton Marsalis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 7, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 7, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000K4H9
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,126 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Red Hot Pepper

2. New Orleans Bump

3. King Porter Stomp

4. The Pearls

5. Deep Creek

6. Mamanita

7. Sidewalk Blues

8. Jungle Blues

9. Big Lip Blues

10. Dead Man Blues

11. Smoke-House Blues

12. Billy Goat Stomp

13. Courthouse Bump

14. Black Bottom Stomp

15. Tom Cat Blues

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Morton understood..., April 28, 2000

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Pharoah S. Wail (Inner Space) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr Jelly Lord: Standard Time 6 (Audio CD)

I have to admit that I am not Wynton's biggest fan. A fair amount of his music doesn't really do anything for me but this cd is excellent. No matter what I may think of Wynton's "original" music I cannot deny his incredible depth of knowledge and skill in relation to this, the music of Jelly Roll Morton.

No, every song on this cd is not played exactly the way Morton would have played them but what's wrong with that? If you want to hear these songs the way Morton played them you can always buy Morton's own cds (as well as buying this one). And let's be honest, it's not like he has turned these into funk tunes... this is still very VERY Jelly Roll. The heat and humidity of the "blues and swing" on a sticky summer New Orleans day just permeate every song on this cd.

RED HOT PEPPER kicks this cd into gear from the very first note. I feel like I could say something about all fifteen tracks but I won't. I'll just say that Danilo Perez on MAMANITA squeezes every ounce of perfection out of this tune and the crown jewel of this cd, JUNGLE BLUES is for my ears, one of the best tunes in jazz history and the version on this cd is as good as it gets. The first time I heard this cd there were moments (and JUNGLE BLUES being the main moment) where I wanted to just jump up and down and release all the joyful energy this cd radiates.

Whether you're a huge Wynton fan or a huge Wynton critic I still think you could get something great from this cd. Forget about what he says in interviews about free-jazzers (if you like free-jazz, as I do) and just absorb this music. Wynton and this whole band swing from beginning to end and they move through each passage of Morton's music with skill and soul. This is one of Wynton's best albums.

If everything he did was this great I'd be a supporter, as it is though, this is the one that really does it for me.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Morton Would Be Proud, January 19, 2000

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Danielle Bias (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr Jelly Lord: Standard Time 6 (Audio CD)

All jazz is modern, according to Wynton Marsalis. With that thought in mind, Marsalis went into the recording studios earlier this year to record a tribute to one of his idol, the man who he considers to be the first jazz intellectual ever. Indeed, Morton's some of Morton's recording are perhaps the first recorded examples of real jazz composition and arrangement and represent timeless masterpieces of early jazz. Just as importantly, Morton's music was and is New Orleans music as its best. While some tunes on the recording sound incredibly modern (for instance "New Orleans Bump" and certain sections of "The Pearls"), for the most part Marsalis stay true to the form of Morton's music, with emphasis on unified melodic lines, "stop and go" choruses and group improvisations. Morton was of course a brilliant pianist and Marsalis enlist the help of three of his generations leading pianists, Danilo Perez, Eric Reed and Harry Connick, Jr. Masters of traditional jazz like banjoist Donald Vappie and clarinetist Michael White also offer assistance to Marsalis on Mr. Jelly Lord. The recording features fifteen Morton compositions, including many tunes any New Orleanian will find familiar and several of my personal favorites like "Red Hot Pepper," "Deep Creek," and "Tom Cat Blues." Considering the familiarity of these tunes for many, Marsalis is able to put together a collection that can best be described as highly accessible and downright festive. Moreover, Marsalis is as always at his best manipulating the sounds of New Orleans, and especially the majesty of the blues.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, July 19, 2000

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Athanasius the Portly (Central New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr Jelly Lord: Standard Time 6 (Audio CD)

I just received this as a present, and I'm on my 3rd listen already. This is Traditional Jazz at it's very best. One reviewer complained that Wynton combined Traditional and Modern Jazz. Frankly, if the Modern is there at all, it's buried so deep that I can't hear it; and I speak as a jazz pianist and composer.

This CD has my highest recommendation