The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

1

The Story of "I'm Alabama Bound" (Spoken) / I'm Alabama Bound (Song)

4:03

2

Time in Mobile (Spoken) / "I'm Alabama Bound," continued (Song)

4:13

3

"King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental) / The Story of "King Porter Stomp" (Spoken)

4:06

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

Jell Roll's Background (Spoken)

4:21

6

Music Lessons (Spoken) / "Miserere" (Piano Instrumental)

4:06

7

"Miserere," continued (Piano Instrumental) / The French Opera House and the Tenderloin (Spoken)

4:05

8

The Stomping Grounds

4:15

9

"The Style of Sammy Davis" (Piano Instrumental) / The Renown of Tony Jackson (Spoken) / "Pretty Baby" (Song)

4:18

10

Tony Jackson Was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium (Spoken)

4:00

11

Poor Alfred Wilson (Spoken) / Tony Jackson's "Naked Dance" (Piano Instrumental)

4:03

12

"Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun (Spoken)

4:21

13

New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place (Spoken) / "Levee Man Blues" (Song)

4:08

14

The Story of Aaron Harris (Spoken)

4:05

1

The Story of Aaron Harris, continued (Spoken) / "Aaron Harris Blues" (Song)

4:06

2

Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the The Hat That Started a Riot (Spoken)

4:10

3

The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles (Spoken)

4:05

4

The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued (Spoken) / "Game Kid Blues" (Song)

4:05

5

"Game Kid Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Carter Rag" (Piano Instrumental)

3:57

6

New Orleans Funerals (Spoken) / "Steal Away" (Song) / "Nearer My God to Thee" (Song)

4:18

7

Funeral Marches (Spoken) / "Flee as the Bird to the Mountain" (Piano Instrumental)

4:12

8

"Oh! Didn't He Ramble" (Piano Instrumental) / Evolution of Tiger Rag (Spoken) / "Tiger Rag" first and second strains (Piano Instrumental)

4:07

9

"Tiger Rag" third, fourth, and fifth strains (Piano Instrumental) / "Tiger Rag" transformed (Piano Instrumental)

4:01

10

"Tiger Rag" (Piano Instrumental) / "Panama" (Piano Instrumental)

4:03

11

The Right Tempo Is the Accurate Tempo (Interview and Demonstration) / Harmony, Melody, and Riffs (Interview and Demonstration)

4:40

12

Jazz Discords and the Story of the "Kansas City Stomp" (Interview and Demonstration) / "Kansas City Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)

4:31

13

"Kansas City Stomp," continued (Piano Instrumental) / Breaks in Jazz (Interview and Demonstration) / "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Piano Instrumental)

4:35

14

Slow Swing and "Sweet Jazz Music" (Interview and Demonstration)

4:34

15

"Salty Dog" (Song) / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law (Spoken)

4:23

16

"Hesitation Blues" (Interview and Song)

4:30

1

"My Gal Sal," original and transformation (Interview and Song)

3:53

2

The St. Louis Scene (Spoken) / Randall's Tune (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style (Piano Instrumental)

4:10

3

"Maple Leaf Rag," St. Louis style, conclusion (Piano Instrumental) / "Maple Leaf Rag," New Orleans style (Piano Instrumental)

4:20

4

Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (Spoken)

4:20

5

Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued (Spoken) / "Miserere," swinging arrangement, with portion of "Anvil Chorus" (Piano Instrumental)

4:24

6

"New Orleans Blues" (Song)

3:59

7

"Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)

3:45

8

"Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)

4:24

9

"The Anamule Dance" (Song)

3:47

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

11

The Great Buddy Bolden (Spoken) / "Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Song)

4:12

12

The Great Buddy Bolden, continued (Spoken)

4:11

13

"Mr. Jelly Lord" (Song)

4:10

14

How Jelly Roll Got His Name (Spoken) / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Piano Instrumental)

4:15

15

"Original Jelly Roll Blues," continued (Song) / Jelly Roll's Four-Beat Foot (Spoken)

4:10

16

"Honky Tonk Blues" (Song) / Old-Time Honky Tonks (Spoken)

4:06

1

Real Tough Boys (Spoken)

4:32

2

Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate (Spoken)

4:33

3

Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas (Spoken) / "See See Rider" (Song)

4:21

4

"See See Rider," continued (Song) / Parading With the Broadway Swells (Spoken)

4:25

5

Parading With the Broadway Swells, continued (Spoken)

4:24

6

Fights and Weapons (Spoken) / "Stars and Stripes Forever" (Piano Instrumental)

4:28

7

Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs (Interview and Demonstration) / "Call of the Freaks" (Song)

4:27

8

Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale (Spoken)

4:14

9

Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena (Spoken)

4:34

10

Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis (Spoken)

4:23

11

In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy (Spoken) / "Benny Frenchy's Tune" (Piano Instrumental)

4:24

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

13

"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" (Interview and Song)

4:16

14

"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)

4:15

15

"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," continued (Song)

4:14

16

"Make Me a Pallet on the Floor," conclusion (Song)

4:35

1

"The Dirty Dozen" (Interview and Song)

4:31

2

The Murder Ballad, Part One (Song)

4:03

3

The Murder Ballad, Part Two (Song)

4:18

4

The Murder Ballad, Part Three (Song)

4:28

5

The Murder Ballad, Part Four (Song)

4:20

6

The Murder Ballad, Part Five (Song)

4:13

7

The Murder Ballad, Part Six (Song)

4:25

8

The Murder Ballad, conclusion (Song)

4:30

9

"Fickle Fay Creep" (Piano Instrumental)

3:16

10

"Jungle Blues" (Piano Instrumental)

3:45

11

"King Porter Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)

2:57

12

"Sweet Peter" (Piano Instrumental)

3:05

13

"Hyena Stomp" (Piano Instrumental)

3:34

14

"Wolverine Blues" (Song)

3:47

15

"Wolverine Blues," continued (Song)

4:02

16

"State and Madison" (Piano Instrumental)

3:45

17

"The Pearls" (Piano Instrumental)

3:31

18

"The Pearls," continued (Piano Instrumental)

3:35

1

"Bert Williams" (Piano Instrumental)

3:42

2

"Freakish" (Piano Instrumental)

4:00

3

"Pep" (Piano Instrumental)

3:34

4

The Georgia Skin Game (Spoken)

3:56

5

The Georgia Skin Game, continued (Spoken)

3:04

6

The Georgia Skin Game, conclusion (Spoken) / "I'm Gonna Get One and Go Directly" (Song)

3:21

7

"Ungai Hai," the Sign of the Indians (Interview and Song)

4:11

8

"New Orleans Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / The Spanish Tinge (Spoken)

4:08

9

The Spanish Tinge, continued (Interview and Demonstration)

4:15

10

Improving Spanish Tempos and "Creepy Feeling" (Interview and Piano Instrumental)

4:07

11

"Creepy Feeling" (Piano Instrumental)

4:20

12

"The Crave" (Piano Instrumental)

4:32

13

"Mamanita" (Piano Instrumental)

4:09

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

15

"Spanish Swat" (Piano Instrumental)

4:14

16

"Ain't Misbehavin'" (Song)

4:13

17

"I Hate a Man Like You" (Interview and Song) / "Rolling Stuff" (Piano Instrumental)

4:13

18

"Michigan Water Blues" (Interview and Song)

3:51

1

"Winin' Boy Blues" (Song)

4:10

2

"Winin' Boy Blues," continued (Song)

4:16

3

"Boogie Woogie Blues" (Piano Instrumental) / "Albert Carroll's Tune" (Piano Instrumental) / "Buddy Bertrand's Blues" (Piano Instrumental)

4:22

4

"Buddy Bertrand's Blues," continued (Piano Instrumental) / "Mamie's Blues" (Interview, Piano Instrumental, and Song)

4:27

5

When the Hot Stuff Came In (Spoken)

8:41

6

The First Hot Arrangements (Spoken)

9:02

7

The Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Café (Spoken)

8:00

8

At the Cadillac Café, Los Angeles, continued (Spoken) / "Little Liza Jane" (Song)

9:56

9

"Little Liza Jane," continued (Song) / On the West Coast: Getting Along Swell (Spoken)

9:47

10

In the Publishing Business (Spoken) / "Tricks Ain't Walking No More" (Song)

8:50

1

"Original Jelly Roll Blues" (Guitar Instrumental)

Johnny St. Cyr

1:52

2

Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District (Spoken)

Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax

1:23

3

Hot Bands and Creole Tunes (Spoken)

Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax

4:30

4

"Eh, La Bas" (Song) / Riffs and Breaks From Creole Songs (Spoken)

Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax

2:03

5

Old-Time Creole Musicians and the French Element (Spoken)

Leonard Bechet and Alan Lomax

3:33

6

Playing Hot With Buddy Bolden (Spoken)

Paul Dominguez, Jr., Alphonse Picou, and Alan Lomax

3:18

7

"High Society" (Instrumental)

Alphonse Picou and Paul Dominguez, Jr.

2:17

8

Sporting Life Costumes (Spoken)

Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax

1:39

9

Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician (Spoken)

Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax

2:24

10

Creoles Playing With Negroes: Getting That Drive (Spoken)

Leonard Bechet and Alan Lomax

4:29

11

Jelly Roll's Compositions (Spoken)

Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax

3:23

12

How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar (Spoken)

Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax

2:21

13

"Guitar Blues" (Guitar Instrumental) / Just the Guitar Blues (Spoken)

Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax

2:18

14

Bad Men and Pimps (Spoken)

Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax

3:39

15

The Story of the "Coon Blues" (Spoken)

Alphonse Picou and Alan Lomax

1:35

16

"Coon Blues" (Instrumental)

Alphonse Picou and Paul Dominguez, Jr.

2:23

17

Jazz Is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, and Parades (Spoken)

Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax

5:26

18

Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District (Spoken)

Leonard Bechet and Alan Lomax

3:41

19

The Main Idea in Jazz: "Just Watch Me" – Improvising and Reading Music (Spoken)

Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet, and Alan Lomax

3:25

20

"Of All His Mother's Children He Loved Jelly the Best": A Little Tale of Jelly Roll Morton (Spoken)

Johnny St. Cyr and Alan Lomax

8:50

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