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Jell Roll's Background (Spoken)

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On The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

2005 · 80 tracks

01The Story of Aaron Harris, continued (Spoken) / "Aaron Harris Blues" (Song)4:06
01Real Tough Boys (Spoken)4:32
01"The Dirty Dozen" (Interview and Song)4:31
01The Story of "I'm Alabama Bound" (Spoken) / I'm Alabama Bound (Song)4:03
01"My Gal Sal," original and transformation (Interview and Song)3:53
02Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the The Hat That Started a Riot (Spoken)4:10
02The St. Louis Scene (Spoken) / Randall's Tune (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style (Piano Instrumental)4:10
02Time in Mobile (Spoken) / "I'm Alabama Bound," continued (Song)4:13
02The Murder Ballad, Part One (Song)4:03
02Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate (Spoken)4:33
03Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas (Spoken) / "See See Rider" (Song)4:21
03The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles (Spoken)4:05
03The Murder Ballad, Part Two (Song)4:18
03"King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) / The Story of "King Porter Stomp" (Spoken)4:06
03"Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style, conclusion (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," New Orleans style (Piano Instrumental)4:20
04The Murder Ballad, Part Three (Song)4:28
04Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Spoken)4:20
04The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued (Spoken) / "Game Kid Blues" (Song)4:05
04The 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
04"See See Rider," continued (Song) / Parading With the Broadway Swells (Spoken)4:25
05Jell Roll's Background (Spoken)4:21
05Parading With the Broadway Swells, continued (Spoken)4:24
05Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued (Spoken) / "Miserere," swinging arrangement, with portion of "Anvil Chorus" (Piano Instrumental)4:24
05"Game Kid Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Carter Rag" (Piano Instrumental)3:57
05The Murder Ballad, Part Four (Song)4:20
06New Orleans Funerals (Spoken) / "Steal Away" (Song) / "Nearer My God to Thee" (Song)4:18
06The Murder Ballad, Part Five (Song)4:13
06Music Lessons (Spoken) / "Miserere" (Piano Instrumental)4:06
06Fights and Weapons (Spoken) / "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Piano Instrumental)4:28
06"New Orleans Blues" (Song)3:59
07Funeral Marches (Spoken) / "Flee as the Bird to the Mountain" (Piano Instrumental)4:12
07"Miserere," continued (Piano Instrumental) / The French Opera House and the Tenderloin (Spoken)4:05
07"Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)3:45
07Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) / "Call of the Freaks" (Song)4:27
07The Murder Ballad, Part Six (Song)4:25
08"Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)4:24
08Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale (Spoken)4:14
08The Stomping Grounds4:15
08The Murder Ballad, conclusion (Song)4:30
08"Oh! Didn't He Ramble" (Piano Instrumental) / Evolution of Tiger Rag (Spoken) / "Tiger Rag" first and second strains (Piano Instrumental)4:07
09"The Anamule Dance" (Song)3:47
09"Tiger Rag" third, fourth, and fifth strains (Piano Instrumental) / "Tiger Rag" transformed (Piano Instrumental)4:01
09"The Style of Sammy Davis" (Piano Instrumental) / The Renown of Tony Jackson (Spoken) / "Pretty Baby" (Song)4:18
09Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena (Spoken)4:34
09"Fickle Fay Creep" (Piano Instrumental)3:16
10Tony Jackson Was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium (Spoken)4:00
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
10"Jungle Blues" (Piano Instrumental)3:45
10"Tiger Rag" (Piano Instrumental) / "Panama" (Piano Instrumental)4:03
10Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis (Spoken)4:23
11The Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo (Interview and Demonstration) / Harmony, Melody, and Riffs (Interview and Demonstration)4:40
11"King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)2:57
11The Great Buddy Bolden (Spoken) / "Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Song)4:12
11Poor Alfred Wilson (Spoken) / Tony Jackson's "Naked Dance" (Piano Instrumental)4:03
11In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy (Spoken) / "Benny Frenchy's Tune" (Piano Instrumental)4:24
12"Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun (Spoken)4:21
12Jazz Discords and the Story of the "Kansas City Stomp" (Interview and Demonstration) / "Kansas City Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)4:31
12"Sweet Peter" (Piano Instrumental)3:05
12The Great Buddy Bolden, continued (Spoken)4:11
12"Benny Frenchy's Tune," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Bad Sam, Memphis' Toughest (Interview) / "The Stomp That Beat Benny Frenchy" (Piano Instrumen4:24
13"Hyena Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)3:34
13"Mr. Jelly Lord" (Song)4:10
13"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (Interview and Song)4:16
13New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place (Spoken) / "Levee Man Blues" (Song)4:08
13"Kansas City Stomp," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Breaks in Jazz (Interview and Demonstration) / "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Piano Instrumental)4:35
14How Jelly Roll Got His Name (Spoken) / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Piano Instrumental)4:15
14"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)4:15
14"Wolverine Blues" (Song)3:47
14Slow Swing and "Sweet Jazz Music" (Interview and Demonstration)4:34
14The Story of Aaron Harris (Spoken)4:05
15"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)4:14
15"Original Jelly Roll Blues," continued (Song) / Jelly Roll's Four-Beat Foot (Spoken)4:10
15"Wolverine Blues," continued (Song)4:02
15"Salty Dog" (Song) / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law (Spoken)4:23
16"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," conclusion (Song)4:35
16"Hesitation Blues" (Interview and Song)4:30
16"Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / Old-Time Honky Tonks (Spoken)4:06
16"State and Madison" (Piano Instrumental)3:45
17"The Pearls" (Piano Instrumental)3:31
18"The Pearls," continued (Piano Instrumental)3:35