The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Who played on The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

• Jelly Roll Morton piano, vocals on 108 tracks
• Alan Lomax recording, spoken vocals, field recordist on 17 tracks
• Johnny St. Cyr guitar, vocals, spoken vocals on 9 tracks
• Leonard Bechet spoken vocals on 7 tracks
• Albert Glenny spoken vocals on 4 tracks
• Alphonse Picou spoken vocals, clarinet on 4 tracks
• Paul Dominguez, Jr. spoken vocals, guitar on 3 tracks

Tracklist

1. 1-1 The Story of "I'm Alabama Bound" (Spoken) / I'm Alabama Bound (Song) — Robert Hoffman 4:03
2. 1-2 Time in Mobile (Spoken) / "I'm Alabama Bound," continued (Song) — Robert Hoffman 4:13
3. 1-3 "King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) / The Story of "King Porter Stomp" (Spoken) — Jelly Roll Morton 4:06
4. 1-4 The 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
5. 1-5 Jell Roll's Background (Spoken) 4:21
6. 1-6 Music Lessons (Spoken) / "Miserere" (Piano Instrumental) 4:06
7. 1-7 "Miserere," continued (Piano Instrumental) / The French Opera House and the Tenderloin (Spoken) 4:05
8. 1-8 The Stomping Grounds 4:15
9. 1-9 "The Style of Sammy Davis" (Piano Instrumental) / The Renown of Tony Jackson (Spoken) / "Pretty Baby" (Song) 4:18
10. 1-10 Tony Jackson Was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium (Spoken) 4:00
11. 1-11 Poor Alfred Wilson (Spoken) / Tony Jackson's "Naked Dance" (Piano Instrumental) 4:03
12. 1-12 "Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun (Spoken) 4:21
13. 1-13 New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place (Spoken) / "Levee Man Blues" (Song) 4:08
14. 1-14 The Story of Aaron Harris (Spoken) 4:05
15. 2-1 The Story of Aaron Harris, continued (Spoken) / "Aaron Harris Blues" (Song) 4:06
16. 2-2 Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the The Hat That Started a Riot (Spoken) 4:10
17. 2-3 The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles (Spoken) 4:05
18. 2-4 The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued (Spoken) / "Game Kid Blues" (Song) 4:05
19. 2-5 "Game Kid Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Carter Rag" (Piano Instrumental) 3:57
20. 2-6 New Orleans Funerals (Spoken) / "Steal Away" (Song) / "Nearer My God to Thee" (Song) 4:18
21. 2-7 Funeral Marches (Spoken) / "Flee as the Bird to the Mountain" (Piano Instrumental) 4:12
22. 2-8 "Oh! Didn't He Ramble" (Piano Instrumental) / Evolution of Tiger Rag (Spoken) / "Tiger Rag" first and second strains (Piano Instrumental) 4:07
23. 2-9 "Tiger Rag" third, fourth, and fifth strains (Piano Instrumental) / "Tiger Rag" transformed (Piano Instrumental) — Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro 4:01
24. 2-10 "Tiger Rag" (Piano Instrumental) / "Panama" (Piano Instrumental) — William H. Tyers 4:03
25. 2-11 The Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo (Interview and Demonstration) / Harmony, Melody, and Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) 4:40
26. 2-12 Jazz Discords and the Story of the "Kansas City Stomp" (Interview and Demonstration) / "Kansas City Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) 4:31
27. 2-13 "Kansas City Stomp," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Breaks in Jazz (Interview and Demonstration) / "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Piano Instrumental) 4:35
28. 2-14 Slow Swing and "Sweet Jazz Music" (Interview and Demonstration) 4:34
29. 2-15 "Salty Dog" (Song) / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law (Spoken) 4:23
30. 2-16 "Hesitation Blues" (Interview and Song) 4:30
31. 3-1 "My Gal Sal," original and transformation (Interview and Song) 3:53
32. 3-2 The St. Louis Scene (Spoken) / Randall's Tune (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style (Piano Instrumental) 4:10
33. 3-3 "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style, conclusion (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," New Orleans style (Piano Instrumental) 4:20
34. 3-4 Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Spoken) 4:20
35. 3-5 Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued (Spoken) / "Miserere," swinging arrangement, with portion of "Anvil Chorus" (Piano Instrumental) 4:24
36. 3-6 "New Orleans Blues" (Song) 3:59
37. 3-7 "Winin' Boy Blues" (Song) 3:45
38. 3-8 "Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song) 4:24
39. 3-9 "The Anamule Dance" (Song) 3:47
40. 3-10 "The Anamule Dance," continued (Song) / The Story of the "The Anmule Dance" (Spoken) / The Origins of Scat, "Scat Song" (Interview and Demonstration) 4:20
41. 3-11 The Great Buddy Bolden (Spoken) / "Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Song) 4:12
42. 3-12 The Great Buddy Bolden, continued (Spoken) 4:11
43. 3-13 "Mr. Jelly Lord" (Song) 4:10
44. 3-14 How Jelly Roll Got His Name (Spoken) / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Piano Instrumental) 4:15
45. 3-15 "Original Jelly Roll Blues," continued (Song) / Jelly Roll's Four-Beat Foot (Spoken) 4:10
46. 3-16 "Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / Old-Time Honky Tonks (Spoken) 4:06
47. 4-1 Real Tough Boys (Spoken) 4:32
48. 4-2 Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate (Spoken) 4:33
49. 4-3 Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas (Spoken) / "See See Rider" (Song) 4:21
50. 4-4 "See See Rider," continued (Song) / Parading With the Broadway Swells (Spoken) 4:25
51. 4-5 Parading With the Broadway Swells, continued (Spoken) 4:24
52. 4-6 Fights and Weapons (Spoken) / "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Piano Instrumental) 4:28
53. 4-7 Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) / "Call of the Freaks" (Song) 4:27
54. 4-8 Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale (Spoken) 4:14
55. 4-9 Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena (Spoken) 4:34
56. 4-10 Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis (Spoken) 4:23
57. 4-11 In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy (Spoken) / "Benny Frenchy's Tune" (Piano Instrumental) 4:24
58. 4-12 "Benny Frenchy's Tune," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Bad Sam, Memphis' Toughest (Interview) / "The Stomp That Beat Benny Frenchy" (Piano Instrumental) / "All That I Ask Is Love" (Song) 4:24
59. 4-13 "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (Interview and Song) 4:16
60. 4-14 "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song) 4:15
61. 4-15 "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song) 4:14
62. 4-16 "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," conclusion (Song) 4:35
63. 5-1 "The Dirty Dozen" (Interview and Song) 4:31
64. 5-2 The Murder Ballad, Part One (Song) 4:03
65. 5-3 The Murder Ballad, Part Two (Song) 4:18
66. 5-4 The Murder Ballad, Part Three (Song) 4:28
67. 5-5 The Murder Ballad, Part Four (Song) 4:20
68. 5-6 The Murder Ballad, Part Five (Song) 4:13
69. 5-7 The Murder Ballad, Part Six (Song) 4:25
70. 5-8 The Murder Ballad, conclusion (Song) 4:30
71. 5-9 "Fickle Fay Creep" (Piano Instrumental) — Jelly Roll Morton 3:16
72. 5-10 "Jungle Blues" (Piano Instrumental) 3:45
73. 5-11 "King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) — Jelly Roll Morton 2:57
74. 5-12 "Sweet Peter" (Piano Instrumental) — Jelly Roll Morton 3:05
75. 5-13 "Hyena Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) — Jelly Roll Morton 3:34
76. 5-14 "Wolverine Blues" (Song) — Jelly Roll Morton 3:47
77. 5-15 "Wolverine Blues," continued (Song) — Jelly Roll Morton 4:02
78. 5-16 "State and Madison" (Piano Instrumental) 3:45
79. 5-17 "The Pearls" (Piano Instrumental) — Jelly Roll Morton 3:31
80. 5-18 "The Pearls," continued (Piano Instrumental) — Jelly Roll Morton 3:35
81. 6-1 "Bert Williams" (Piano Instrumental) 3:42
82. 6-2 "Freakish" (Piano Instrumental) — Jelly Roll Morton 4:00
83. 6-3 "Pep" (Piano Instrumental) — Jelly Roll Morton 3:34
84. 6-4 The Georgia Skin Game (Spoken) 3:56
85. 6-5 The Georgia Skin Game, continued (Spoken) 3:04
86. 6-6 The Georgia Skin Game, conclusion (Spoken) / "I'm Gonna Get One and Go Directly" (Song) 3:21
87. 6-7 "Ungai Hai," the Sign of the Indians (Interview and Song) 4:11
88. 6-8 "New Orleans Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / The Spanish Tinge (Spoken) 4:08
89. 6-9 The Spanish Tinge, continued (Interview and Demonstration) 4:15
90. 6-10 Improving Spanish Tempos and "Creepy Feeling" (Interview and Piano Instrumental) 4:07
91. 6-11 "Creepy Feeling" (Piano Instrumental) 4:20
92. 6-12 "The Crave" (Piano Instrumental) — Jelly Roll Morton 4:32
93. 6-13 "Mamanita" (Piano Instrumental) 4:09
94. 6-14 C'était N'aut' Can-Can, Payez Donc (Interview and Song) / "If You Don't Shake, You Don't Get No Cake" (Song" 4:23
95. 6-15 "Spanish Swat" (Piano Instrumental) 4:14
96. 6-16 "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Song) standard — Harry Brooks, Fats Waller 4:13
97. 6-17 "I Hate a Man Like You" (Interview and Song) / "Rolling Stuff" (Piano Instrumental) 4:13
98. 6-18 "Michigan Water Blues" (Interview and Song) 3:51
99. 7-1 "Winin' Boy Blues" (Song) — Jelly Roll Morton 4:10
100. 7-2 "Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song) — Jelly Roll Morton 4:16
101. 7-3 "Boogie Woogie Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / "Albert Carroll's Tune" (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Bertrand's Blues" (Piano Instrumental) 4:22
102. 7-4 "Buddy Bertrand's Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Mamie's Blues" (Interview, Piano Instrumental, and Song) 4:27
103. 7-5 When the Hot Stuff Came In (Spoken) 8:41
104. 7-6 The First Hot Arrangements (Spoken) 9:02
105. 7-7 The Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Café (Spoken) 8:00
106. 7-8 At the Cadillac Café, Los Angeles, continued (Spoken) / "Little Liza Jane" (Song) 9:56
107. 7-9 "Little Liza Jane," continued (Song) / On the West Coast: Getting Along Swell (Spoken) 9:47
108. 7-10 In the Publishing Business (Spoken) / "Tricks Ain't Walking No More" (Song) 8:50
109. 8-1 "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Guitar Instrumental) 1:52
110. 8-2 Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District (Spoken) 1:23
111. 8-3 Hot Bands and Creole Tunes (Spoken) 4:30
112. 8-4 "Eh, La Bas" (Song) / Riffs and Breaks From Creole Songs (Spoken) 2:03
113. 8-5 Old-Time Creole Musicians and the French Element (Spoken) 3:33
114. 8-6 Playing Hot With Buddy Bolden (Spoken) 3:18
115. 8-7 "High Society" (Instrumental) 2:17
116. 8-8 Sporting Life Costumes (Spoken) 1:39
117. 8-9 Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician (Spoken) 2:24
118. 8-10 Creoles Playing With Negroes: Getting That Drive (Spoken) 4:29
119. 8-11 Jelly Roll's Compositions (Spoken) 3:23
120. 8-12 How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar (Spoken) 2:21
121. 8-13 "Guitar Blues" (Guitar Instrumental) / Just the Guitar Blues (Spoken) 2:18
122. 8-14 Bad Men and Pimps (Spoken) 3:39
123. 8-15 The Story of the "Coon Blues" (Spoken) 1:35
124. 8-16 "Coon Blues" (Instrumental) 2:23
125. 8-17 Jazz Is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, and Parades (Spoken) 5:26
126. 8-18 Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District (Spoken) 3:41
127. 8-19 The Main Idea in Jazz: "Just Watch Me" – Improvising and Reading Music (Spoken) 3:25
128. 8-20 "Of All His Mother's Children He Loved Jelly the Best": A Little Tale of Jelly Roll Morton (Spoken) 8:50

Production

• Adam Ayan mastering
• Anna Lomax Wood producer
• Jeffrey A. Greenberg producer

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