The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

by Jelly Roll Morton

The Complete Library of Congress Recordings cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 September 2005
  • Label: Rounder
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:04
  • Community rating: 4.5/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Across eight discs and 128 tracks, the set presents Alan Lomax's complete interviews and performances with Morton, recorded in Washington, D.C. in 1938. This first complete, unexpurgated edition won Grammy Awards for Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes, the notes written by John Szwed.

Genres

Descriptors: storytelling, piano, spoken-word, classic, compilation

Tracklist

  1. The Story of Alabama Bound (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 (4:21)
  6. Music Lessons (4:06)
  7. Miserere (4:05)
  8. The Stomping Grounds (4:15)
  9. The Style of Sammy Davis (4:18)
  10. Tony Jackson Was the Favorite / Dope, Crown, and Opium (4:00)
  11. Poor Alfred Wilson (4:03)
  12. Honky Tonk Blues (4:21)
  13. New Orleans Was a Free and Easy Place (4:08)
  14. The Story of Aaron Harris, Pt. 1 (4:06)

Credits

  • Jelly Roll Morton - primary artist, piano
  • Marcos Sueiro Bal - consultant [audio consultant for the alan lomax archive]
  • Aaron Kiely - research [alan lomax archive]
  • Bertram Lyons - research [alan lomax archive]
  • Matthew Barton - research [american folklife center at the library of congress]
  • Todd Harvey - research [american folklife center at the library of congress]
  • Ellen Harold - transcription by [library of congress sessions]
  • Peter Alyea - transferred by [digital conversion specialist]
  • J Sylvester Design - art direction, design
  • Robert Crumb - illustration, design/illustration
  • Anna Lomax Wood - liner notes, producer
  • Adam Ayan - mastered by, mastering
  • Steve Rosenthal - producer [sound restoration producer], coordinator [library of congress archive coordinator]
  • Matthew Sohn - engineer [cedar cambridge audio restoration system]
  • Matt Boynton - engineer [dsd engineer / digital restoration]
  • Tom Psipsikas - engineer [dsd engineer / digital restoration]
  • John F. Szwed - liner notes
  • Susan Salsburg - liner notes [proofreading]
  • Jeffrey A. Greenberg - producer
  • W.B. Haley - transferred by [studio engineer]

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