The Complete Library of Congress Recordings is a 2005 box set of recordings from jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 pioneer Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....

. The set spans 128 tracks over eight CDs

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

. It won two Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

s in 2006 – Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes

Grammy Award for Best Album Notes

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.

The set is mainly made up of recordings made by noted musicologist

Musicology

Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...

 and Morton biographer

Biography

A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...

 Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax was an American folklorist and ethnomusicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, the Caribbean, Italy, and Spain.In his later career, Lomax advanced his theories of...

, who conducted a series of interviews with Morton at the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...

 in 1938. The interviews consisted of Morton's stories about the early days of jazz, as well as a number of piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

 performances.

Disc 1

1. "I'm Alabama Bound
   I'm Alabama Bound
   "I'm Alabama Bound" is a ragtime melody composed by Robert Hoffman in 1909. Hoffman "respectfully" dedicated it to one M. T. Scarlata. The cover of its first edition advertises the music as "Also Known As The Alabama Blues" which has led some to suspect it of being one of the first blues songs...
   
   " – 4:03
2. "Time in Mobile" – 4:13
3. "King Porter Stomp" – 4:06
4. "The Story of 'King Porter Stomp'" – 3:53
5. "Jelly Roll's Background" – 4:22
6. "Music Lessons" – 4:05
7. "Miserere" – 4:05
8. "The Stomping Grounds" – 4:15
9. "The Style of Sammy Davis" – 4:17
10. "Tony Jackson Was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium" – 4:00
11. "Poor Alfred Wilson" – 4:02
12. "Honky Tonk Blues / In New Orleans, Anyone Could Carry a Gun" – 4:20
13. "New Orleans was a Free and Easy Place" – 4:06
14. "The Story of Aaron Harris" – 4:06

Disc 2

1. "The Story of Aaron Harris, continued / Aaron Harris Blues" – 4:05
2. "Aaron Harris, His Hoodoo Woman, and the Hat That Started a Riot" – 4:10
3. "The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot and the Song of Robert Charles" – 4:04
4. "The Story of the 1900 New Orleans Riot, continued" – 4:04
5. "Game Kid Blues" – 3:57
6. "New Orleans Funerals" – 4:17
7. "Funeral Marches" – 4:11
8. "Oh! Didn't He Ramble" – 4:07
9. "Tiger Rag, third, fourth, and fifth strains" – 4:02
10. "Tiger Rag / Panama" – 4:02
11. "The Right Tempo is the Accurate Tempo" – 4:39
12. "Jazz Discords and Story of the Kansas City Stomp" – 4:31
13. "Kansas City Stomp, continued" – 4:34
14. "Slow Swing and 'Sweet Jazz Music'" – 4:32
15. "Salty Dog / Bill Johnson, Jelly's Brother-in-Law" – 4:22
16. "Hesitation Blues" – 4:30

Disc 3

1. "My Gal Sal" – 3:51
2. "The St. Louis Scene" – 4:09
3. "Maple Leaf Rag
   Maple Leaf Rag
   The "Maple Leaf Rag" is an early ragtime musical composition for piano composed by Scott Joplin. It was one of Joplin's early works, and is one of the most famous of all ragtime pieces, and became the model for ragtime compositions by subsequent composers. As a result Joplin was called the "King...
   
   , St. Louis style / Maple Leaf Rag, New Orleans style" – 4:19
4. "Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis" – 4:19
5. "Jelly Roll Carves St. Louis, continued" – 4:23
6. "New Orleans Blues" – 3:58
7. "Winin' Boy Blues" – 3:45
8. "Winin' Boy Blues, continued" – 4:24
9. "The Anamule Dance" – 3:46
10. "The Anamule Dance, continued" – 4:19
11. "The Great Buddy Bolden / Buddy Bilden's Blues" – 4:11
12. "The Great Buddy Bolden, continued" – 4:11
13. "Mr. Jelly Lord" – 4:09
14. "How Jelly Roll Got His Name" – 4:14
15. "Original Jelly Roll Blues
    Jelly Roll Blues
    "Original Jelly Roll Blues," usually shortened to and known as "Jelly Roll Blues," is an early jazz fox-trot composed by Jelly Roll Morton. He recorded it first as a piano solo in Richmond, Indiana, in 1924, and then with his Red Hot Peppers in Chicago two years later, titled as it was originally...
    
    " – 4:09
16. "Honky Tonk Blues" – 4:07

Disc 4

1. "Real Tough Boys" – 4:31
2. "Sporting Attire and Shooting the Agate" – 4:33
3. "Sweet Mamas and Sweet Papas" – 4:20
4. "See See Rider
   See See Rider
   The song is generally regarded as being traditional in origin. Ma Rainey's version became popular during 1925, as "See See Rider Blues." It became one of the most famous of all blues songs, with well over 100 versions. It was recorded by Big Bill Broonzy, Mississippi John Hurt, Lead Belly,...
   
   " – 4:24
5. "Parading with the Broadway Swells" – 4:22
6. "Fights and Weapons" – 4:27
7. "Luis Russell and New Orleans Riffs" – 4:25
8. "Jelly's Travels: From Yazoo to Clarksdale" – 4:14
9. "Jelly's Travels: From Clarksdale to Helena" – 4:34
10. "Jelly's Travels: From Helena to Memphis" – 4:23
11. "In Memphis: The Monarch Saloon and Benny Frenchy" – 4:24
12. "Benny Frenchy's Tune, continued" – 4:23
13. "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
    Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
    "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" is a blues/jazz/folk song now considered as a standard. The song's origins are somewhat nebulous and can be traced back to the 19th century. Various versions of the lyrics were first published in 1911 in an academic journal of ethnomusicology...
    
    " – 4:15
14. "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor, continued" – 4:14
15. "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor, part 3" – 4:14
16. "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor, concluded" – 4:35

Disc 5

1. "The Dirty Dozen" – 4:30
2. "The Murder Ballad, part 1" – 4:05
3. "The Murder Ballad, part 2" – 4:17
4. "The Murder Ballad, part 3" – 4:29
5. "The Murder Ballad, part 4" – 4:19
6. "The Murder Ballad, part 5" – 4:15
7. "The Murder Ballad, part 6" – 4:29
8. "The Murder Ballad, part 7" – 4:32
9. "Fickle Fay Creep" – 3:17
10. "Jungle Blues" – 3:43
11. "King Porter Stomp" – 2:55
12. "Sweet Peter" – 3:04
13. "Hyena Stomp" – 3:32
14. "Wolverine Blues, begun" – 3:45
15. "Wolverine Blues, concluded" – 4:04
16. "State And Madison" – 3:48
17. "The Pearls, begun" – 3:28
18. "The Pearls, concluded" – 3:35

Disc 6

1. "Bert Williams" – 3:41
2. "Freakish" – 3:59
3. "Pep" – 3:32
4. "The Georgia Skin Game" – 3:54
5. "The Georgia Skin Game, continued" – 3:03
6. "The Georgia Skin Game, conclusion" – 3:19
7. "Ungai Hai" – 4:09
8. "New Orleans Blues" – 4:07
9. "The Spanish Tinge
   Spanish Tinge
   The phrase Spanish Tinge is a reference to the belief that a Latin American touch offers a reliable method of spicing the more conventional 4/4 rhythms commonly used in jazz and pop music. The phrase is a quotation from Jelly Roll Morton...
   
   " – 4:13
10. "Improving Spanish Tempos" – 4:06
11. "Creepy Feeling, concluded" – 4:28
12. "The Crave" – 4:37
13. "Mamanita" – 4:12
14. "C'était N'aut' Can-Can, Payez Donc" – 4:21
15. "Spanish Swat" – 4:21
16. "Ain't Misbehavin'" – 4:11
17. "I Hate a Man Like You / Rolling Stuff" – 4:11
18. "Michigan Water Blues" – 3:51

Disc 7

1. "Winin' Boy Blues" – 3:45
2. "Winin' Boy Blues, continued" – 4:24
3. "Boogie Woogie Blues" – 4:21
4. "Buddy Bertrand's Blues, continued / Mamie's Blues" – 4:25
5. "When the Hot Stuff Came In" – 8:40
6. "The First Hot Arrangements" – 9:00
7. "The Pensacola Kid and the Cadillac Café" – 7:57
8. "At the Cadillac Café, Los Angeles" – 9:54
9. "Little Liza Jane, continued / On the West Coast" – 9:45
10. "In the Publishing Business" – 8:50

Disc 8

1. "Original Jelly Roll Blues" – 1:51
2. "Jelly Roll's Early Playing Days in the District" – 1:22
3. "Hot Bands and Creole Tunes" – 4:29
4. "Eh, La Bas" – 2:02
5. "Old-Time Creole Musicians and the French Element" – 3:32
6. "Playing Hot with Buddy Bolden" – 3:17
7. "High Society" – 2:15
8. "Sporting Life Costumes" – 1:38
9. "Buddy Bolden: Man and Musician" – 2:23
10. "Creoles Playing with Negroes: Getting that Drive" – 4:28
11. "Jelly Roll's Compositions" – 3:22
12. "How Johnny St. Cyr Learned to Play Guitar" – 2:20
13. "Guitar Blues" – 2:17
14. "Bad Men and Pimps" – 3:38
15. "The Story of the Coon Blues" – 1:33
16. "Coon Blues" – 2:22
17. "Jazz is Just a Makeup: Buddy Bolden, Honky Tonks, Brass Band Funerals, and Parades" – 5:25
18. "Young Sidney Bechet: Jim Crow and the Dangers of the District" – 3:40
19. "The Main Idea in Jazz: "Just Watch Me" – Improvising and Reading Music" – 3:23
20. "Of All His Mother's Children He Loved Jelly the Best" – 6:17

Credits

• Jelly Roll Morton
  Jelly Roll Morton
  Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....
  
   – piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  , vocals, guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , commentary
• Alan Lomax
  Alan Lomax
  Alan Lomax was an American folklorist and ethnomusicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, the Caribbean, Italy, and Spain.In his later career, Lomax advanced his theories of...
  
   – interviewer
• Johnny St. Cyr
  Johnny St. Cyr
  Johnny St. Cyr was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist.St. Cyr was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is most commonly remembered as a member of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven bands....
  
   – guitar, commentary
• Leonard Bechet – commentary
• Paul Dominguez, Jr. – guitar, commentary
• Albert Glenny – commentary
• Alphonse Picou
  Alphonse Picou
  Alphonse Floristan Picou was an important very early jazz clarinetist who also wrote and arranged music....
  
   – commentary
• John Szwed
  John Szwed
  John Szwed is Professor of Music and Jazz Studies at Columbia University, and Director of the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University. He was John M. Musser Professor of Anthropology and African American Studies at Yale University...
  
  - album notes

External links

• Library of Congress release on Grammy awards