Show 67: Jelly Roll Morton's Legacy
This show centers the hot piano and early jazz side of the blues, where Jelly Roll Morton stands in the middle but never alone. It makes the case that blues was baked into early jazz from the jump: in the piano touch, the bent phrasing, and the way New Orleans and Chicago players carried the feeling forward.
I'm your host. For today's 67th episode of the CC Blues Show, we will be exploring the music and legacy of New Orleans' most famous jazzman, Ferdinand Joseph Morton, aka Jelly Roll Morton. Up first is Mr. Morton's tribute to New Orleans musicians from the turn of the twentieth century, entitled "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say," with Morton himself singing and the incomparable Sidney Bechet on the cornet. Here it is.
This show centers the hot piano and early jazz side of the blues, where Jelly Roll Morton stands in the middle but never alone. It makes the case that blues was baked into early jazz from the jump: in the piano touch, the bent phrasing, and the way New Orleans and Chicago players carried the feeling forward.
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say | Jelly Roll Morton | 1 | - | |
| 2 | 32-20 Blues | Roosevelt Sykes | 1 | - | |
| 3 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Fats Waller | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Jelly Roll Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | 1 | - | |
| 5 | Come Back, Sweet Papa | Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five | 1 | - | |
| 6 | I Want Every Bit of It | Bessie Smith | 1 | - | |
| 7 | Wolverine Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | 1 | - | |
| 8 | Salute To Basie | Sammy Price | 1 | - | |
| 9 | If I Could Be With You | James P. Johnson | 1 | Yes | - |
| 10 | Dead Man Blues | Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers | 2 | Yes | - |
| 11 | Honeysuckle Rose | Django Reinhardt;Benny Carter;Hawkins C. All Star Jam Band | 2 | - | |
| 12 | Pinetop's Boogie Woogie | Clarence "Pinetop" Smith | 2 | - | |
| 13 | Speakeasy | Clarence Williams & His Orchestra | 2 | - | |
| 14 | Big Lip Blues | Jelly Roll Morton's Hot Seven | 2 | - | |
| 15 | Cannon Ball Blues (Take 2) | Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers | 2 | - | |
| 16 | Heah Me Talkin' To Ya? | Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five | 2 | - | |
| 17 | Wild Man Blues | Johnny Dodds | 2 | - | |
| 18 | Beale Street Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | 2 | Yes | - |
| 19 | Egyptian Fantasy | Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers | 3 | Yes | - |
| 20 | Cannon Ball Rag | Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | 3 | - | |
| 21 | Mama's Gone Goodbye | Bunk Johnson | 3 | - | |
| 22 | Texas Moaner Blues | Clarence Williams | 3 | - | |
| 23 | Rock Your Blues Away | Isham Jones | 3 | - | |
| 25 | S.K. Blues, Pt. 1 | Big Joe Turner | 3 | - | |
| 26 | West End Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | 3 | - | |
| 27 | Solace | Billy Taylor | 3 | - | |
| 28 | T.N.T. | Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra | 3 | Yes | - |
| 29 | Ain't cha coming home | Lionel Hampton | 4 | Yes | - |
| 30 | Low Gravy | Jelly Roll Morton | 4 | - | |
| 31 | Flat Foot | Johnny Dodds | 4 | - | |
| 32 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | Bessie Smith | 4 | - | |
| 33 | You've Been a Good Ole Wagon | Bessie Smith | 4 | - | |
| 34 | Get Low-Down Blues | Bennie Moten | 4 | - | |
| 35 | Savoy Blues | Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five | 4 | - | |
| 36 | St. James Infirmary | Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five | 4 | - | |
| 37 | Smoke House Blues | Jelly Roll Morton | 4 | - | |
| 38 | Georgia Swing | Jelly Roll Morton | 4 | - | |
| Melancholy - 21/01/1938 | Johnny Dodds;Chicago Boys | - |