Following yesterdays upload of The World's Greatest Minstrel Show, here's some ragtime jazz. Jelly Roll Morton, though extremely accomplished and influential to jazz, exaggerated his worth, claiming in 1902 that he was the original inventor of Jazz. Though he was not jazz's inventor, he was the first great composer of jazz. He fought his way up to the top through minstrel's and vaudeville. In 1914 he appeared in African-American Vaudeville, playing piano in a tramp costume with blackface makeup. He reached the peak of his career between 1922 and 1928 in Chicago, though when the center of jazz shifted to New York City, Morton relocated. Ultimately, his bragging ways ended up hurting him and he was often unable to get the back up musicians he desired. With the rise of the Great Depression, Morton faded into obscurity, and eventually passed away in Los Angeles in 1941.
This album is a collection of 16 of his tracks recorded between 1927 and 1930, and were recorded in Chicago, New Jersey, and New York City.
Tracklist:
1. Wild Man Blues
2. Hyena Stomp
3. Billy Goat Stomp
4. Freakish (Take 1)
5. Freakish (Take 2)
6. You Done Played Out Blues
7. Sweet Anita Mine
8. I'm Looking For A Little Bluebird
9. Sweet Peter
10. Jersey Joe
11. Mississippi Mildred
12. Mint Julep
13. I'm Her Papa, She's My Mama
14. She Saves Her Sweetest Smiles For Me
15. Tank Town Bump
16. Try Me Out
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