lundi 9 novembre 2020

Jelly Roll Morton: The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax (Rounder, 1938).

 


Rounder 11661-1898-2 (2005 et 2006). 

Disque 1: 

1. The Story of "I'm Alabama Bound" (parlé) / I'm Alabama Bound (chanté) 4:03
2. Time in Mobile (parlé) / I'm Alabama Bound, continued (chanté) 4:13
3. King Porter Stomp (instrumental) / The Story of "King Porter Stomp" (parlé) 4:06
4. The Story of "King Porter Stomp", continued (parlé) / You Can Have It, I Don't Want It (chanté) / Copyrights and Battles of Music (parlé) 3:53
5. Jelly Roll's Background (parlé) 4:22
6. Music Lessons (parlé) / Miserere (instrumental) 4:05
7. Miserere, continued (instrumental) / The French Opera House and the Tenderloin (parlé) 4:05
8. The Stomping Grounds (parlé) 4:15
9. The Style of Sammy Davis (instrumental) / The Renown of Tony Jackson (parlé) / Pretty Baby (chanté) 4:17
10. Tony Jackson was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium (parlé) 4:00
11. Poor Alfred Wilson (parlé) / Tony Jackson's Naked Dance (instrumental) 4:02
12. Honky Tonk Blues (chanté) / In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun (parlé) 4:20
13. New Orleans was a Free and Easy Place (parlé) / Levee Man Blues (chanté) 4:06
14. The Story of Aaron Harris (parlé) 4:06

Disque 2: 

1. The Story of Aaron Harris, continued (parlé) / Aaron Harris Blues (chanté) 4:05
2. Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the Hat That Started a Riot (parlé) 4:10
3. The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles (parlé) 4:04
4. The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued (parlé) / Game Kid Blues (chanté) 4:04
5. Game Kid Blues, continued (instrumental) / Buddy Carter Rag (instrumental) 3:57
6. New Orleans Funerals (parlé) / Steal Away (chanté) / Nearer My God to Thee (chanté) 4:17
7. Funeral Marches (parlé) / Flee as the Bird to the Mountain (instrumental) 4:11
8. Oh! Didn't He Ramble (instrumental) / Evolution of Tiger Rag (parlé) / Tiger Rag, first and second strains (instrumental) 4:07
9. Tiger Rag, third, fourth and fifth strains (instrumental) / Tiger Rag transformed (instrumental) 4:02
10. Tiger Rag (instrumental) / Panama (instrumental) 4:02
11. The Right Tempo is the Accurate Tempo (interview et démonstration) / Harmony, Melody, and Riffs (interview et démonstration) 4:39
12. Jazz Discords and the Story of the "Kansas City Stomp" (interview et démonstration) / Kansas City Stomp (instrumental) 4:31
13. Kansas City Stomp, continued (instrumental) / Breaks in Jazz (interview et démonstration) / Darktown Strutters' Ball (instrumental) 4:34
14. Slow Swing and "Sweet Jazz Music" (interview et démonstration) 4:32
15. Salty Dog (chanté) / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law (parlé) 4:22
16. Hesitation Blues (interview et chanson) 4:30

Disque 3: 

1. My Gal Sal, original and transformation (interview et chanson) 3:51
2. The St. Louis Scene (parlé) / Randalls' Tune (instrumental) / Maple Leaf Rag, St. Louis style (instrumental) 4:09
3. Maple Leaf Rag, St. Louis style, conclusion (instrumental) / Maple Leaf Rag, New Orleans style (instrumental) 4:19
4. Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis (parlé) 4:19
5. Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued (parlé) / Miserere, swinging arrangement, with portion of Anvil Chorus (instrumental) 4:23
6. New Orleans Blues (chanté) 3:58
7. Winin' Boy Blues (chanté) 3:45
8. Winin' Boy Blues, continued (chanté) 4:24
9. The Anamule Dance (chanté) 3:46
10. The Anamule Dance, continued (chanté) / The Story of "The Anamule Dance" (parlé) / The Origins of Scat, Scat Song (interview et démonstration) 4:19
11. The Great Buddy Bolden (parlé) / Buddy Bolden's Blues (chanté) 4:11
12. The Great Buddy Bolden, continued (parlé) 4:11
13. Mr. Jelly Lord (chanté) 4:09
14. How Jelly Roll Got His Name (parlé) / Original Jelly Roll Blues (instrumental) 4:14
15. Original Jelly Roll Blues, continued (chanté) / Jelly Roll's Four-Beat Foot (parlé) 4:09
16. Honky Tonk Blues (chanté) / Old-Time Honky Tonks (parlé) 4:07

Disque 4: 

1. Real Tough Boys (parlé) 4:31
2. Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate (parlé) 4:33
3. Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas (parlé) / See See Rider (chanté) 4:20
4. See See Rider, continued (chanté) / Parading with the Broadway Swells (parlé) 4:24
5. Parading with the Broadway Swells, continued (parlé) 4:22
6. Fights and Weapons (parlé) / Stars and Stripes Forever (instrumental) 4:27
7. Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs (interview et démonstration) / Call of the Freaks (chanté) 4:25
8. Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale (parlé) 4:14
9. Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena (parlé) 4:34
10. Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis (parlé) 4:23
11. In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy (parlé) / Benny Frenchy's Tune (instrumental) 4:24
12. Benny Frenchy's Tune, continued (instrumental) / Bad Sam, Memphis' Toughest (interview) / The Stomp That Beat Benny Frenchy (instrumental) / All That I Ask is Love (chanté) 4:23
13. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor (interview et chanson) 4:15
14. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor, continued (chanté) 4:14
15. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor, continued (chanté) 4:14
16. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor, conclusion (chanté) 4:35

Disque 5: 

1. The Dirty Dozen (interview et chanson) 4:30
2. The Murder Ballad, Part One (chanté) 4:01
3. The Murder Ballad, Part Two (chanté) 4:17
4. The Murder Ballad, Part Three (chanté) 4:27
5. The Murder Ballad, Part Four (chanté) 4:18
6. The Murder Ballad, Part Five (chanté) 4:12
7. The Murder Ballad, Part Six (chanté) 4:24
8. The Murder Ballad, conclusion (chanté) 4:30
9. Fickle Fay Creep (instrumental) 3:14
10. Jungle Blues (instrumental) 3:45
11. King Porter Stomp (instrumental) 2:55
12. Sweet Peter (instrumental) 3:04
13. Hyena Stomp (instrumental) 3:33
14. Wolverine Blues (instrumental) 3:45
15. Wolverine Blues, continued (instrumental) 4:00
16. State and Madison (instrumental) 3:44
17. The Pearls (instrumental) 3:29
18. The Pearls, continued (instrumental) 3:35

Disque 6: 

1. Bert Williams (instrumental) 3:41
2. Freakish (instrumental) 3:59
3. Pep (instrumental) 3:32
4. The Georgia Skin Game (parlé) 3:54
5. The Georgia Skin Game, continued (parlé) 3:03
6. The Georgia Skin Game, conclusion (parlé) / I'm Gonna Get One and Go Directly (chanté) 3:19
7. Ungai Hai, the Sign of the Indians (interview et chanson) 4:09
8. New Orleans Blues (instrumental) / The Spanish Tinge (parlé) 4:07
9. The Spanish Tinge, continued (interview et démonstration) 4:13
10. Improving Spanish Tempos and Creepy Feeling (interview et instrumental) 4:06
11. Creepy Feeling, continued (instrumental) 4:19
12. The Crave (instrumental) 4:31
13. Mamanita (instrumental) 4:07
14. C'était n'aut' Can-Can, Payez Donc (interview et chanson) / If You Don't Shake, You Don't Get No Cake (chanté) 4:21
15. Spanish Swat (instrumental) 4:12
16. Ain't Misbehavin' (chanté) 4:12
17. I Hate a Man Like You (interview et chanson) / Rolling Stuff (instrumental) 4:11
18. Michigan Water Blues (interview et chanson) 3:52

Disque 7: 

1. Winin' Boy Blues (chanté) 4:08
2. Winin' Boy Blues, continued (chanté) 4:15
3. Boogie Woogie Blues (instrumental) / Albert Carroll's Tune (instrumental) / Buddy Bertrand's Blues (instrumental) 4:21
4. Buddy Bertrand's Blues, continued (instrumental) / Mamie's Blues (interview, instrumental, et chanson) 4:25
5. When the Hot Stuff Came In (parlé) 8:40
6. The First Hot Arrangements (parlé) 9:00
7. The Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Café (parlé) 7:57
8. At the Cadillac Café, Los Angeles, continued (parlé) / Little Liza Jane (chanté) (9:54)
9. Little Liza Jane, continued (chanté) / On the West Coast: Getting Along Swell (parlé) 9:45
10. In the Publishing Business (parlé) / Tricks Ain't Walking No More (chanté) 8:50

Disque 8: 

Sélections tirées des interviews réalisés à la Nouvelle-Orléans par Alan Lomax en 1949. 

Johnny St. Cyr (guitare)

1. Original Jelly Roll Blues (instrumental) 1:51
2. Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District (parlé) 1:22
3. Hot Bands and Creole Tunes (parlé) 4:29
4. Eh, La Bas (chanté) / Riffs and Breaks from Creole Songs (parlé) 2:02

Leonard Bechet

5. Old-Time Crole Musicians and the French Element (parlé) 3:32

Alphone Picou (clarinette), Paul Dominguez, Jr. (guitare)

6. Playing Hot with Buddy Bolden (parlé) 3:17
7. High Society (instrumental) 2:15

Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet

8. Sporting Life Costumes (parlé) 1:38
9. Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician (parlé) 2:23

Leonard Bechet

10. Creoles Playing with Negroes: Getting That Drive (parlé) 4:28

Johnny St. Cyr (guitare)

11. Jelly Roll's Compositions (parlé) 3:22
12. How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar (parlé) 2:20
13. Guitar Blues (instrumental) / Just the Guitar Blues (parlé) 2:17
14. Bad Men and Pimps (parlé) 3:38

Alphonse Picou

15. The Story of the "Coon Blues" (parlé) 1:33

Alphonse Picou (clarinette), Paul Dominguez, Jr. (guitare)

16. Coon Blues (instrumental) 2:22

Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet

17. Jazz is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, and Parades (parlé) 5:25

Leonard Bechet

18. Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District (parlé) 3:40

Albert Glenny, Leonard Bechet

19. The Main Idea in Jazz: "Just Watch Me" - Improvising and Reading Music (parlé) 3:23

Johnny St. Cyr

20. "Of All His Mother's Children He Loved Jelly the Best": A Little Tale of Jelly Roll Morton (parlé) 6:17

Enregistré par Alan Lomax au Coolidge Auditorium de la Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., mai, juin et décembre 1938. 
Producteurs: Anna Lomax Wood et Jeffrey A. Greenberg. 
"Doctor Jazz": John Szwed. 
Producteur de la restauration sonore, coordinateur des archives de la Library of Congress: Steve Rosenthal, Magic Shop, NYC. 
Transferts des disques supervisées par Larry Applebaum, Recorded Sound Lab, Library of Congress, avec l'assistance de W.B. Haley (ingénieur du son) et Peter Alyea (spécialiste de la conversion digitale). 
Mastering: Adam Ayan, Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine. 
Ingénieurs DSD, restauration digitale: Matt Boynton et Tom Psipsikas, Blue Room, NYC. 
Système de restauration audio Cedar Cambridge gracieuseté de Fraser Jones de Independent Audio; ingénieur: Matthew Sohn. 
Direction artistique et design: J Sylvester Design, NYC. 
Illustrations originales par R. Crumb. 
Coordinateur de projet pour la Alan Lomax Archive: Don Fleming. 
Coordinateur de production pour la Alan Lomax Archive: Nathan Salsburg. 
Coordinateur de projet pour Rounder Records: Scott Billington. 
Coordinateur de la Alan Lomax Collection pour Rounder Records: Bill Nowlin. 
Transcription des sessions de la Library of Congress: Ellen Harold. 
Sélection des interviews de la Nouvelle-Orléans 1949 compilée et éditée par Nathan Salsburg et Don Fleming, notes par Nathan Salsburg. 
Consultant audio pour la Alan Lomax Archive: Marcos Sueiro. 
Recherche d'archives: Aaron Kiely et Bertram Lyons (Alan Lomax Archive); Todd Harvey et Matthew Barton (American Folklife Center à la Library of Congress). 
Administration A&R pour la Alan Lomax Archive: Lori Waldo. 
Révision des textes: Susan Salsburg. 
Publicité: Howard Wuelfing, Howlin' Wuelf Media, Inc. 
Photos et illustrations: The Historic New Orleans Collection; John Steiner Collection; Chicago Jazz Archive; University of Chicago Library; Solo Arts Records, filiale de la George H. Buck, Jr. Jazz Foundation; DownBeat Magazine. 

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