Jelly Roll Morton
New Orleans pianist, composer, raconteur and the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz” is featured through original Library of Congress music and oral history sessions, and interviews with jazz scholar Dan Morgenstern. Pervasive influence of Morton’s music includes the swing-era sounds of Benny Goodman to recent revivals by Dr. Michel White and Wynton Marsalis.
HOUR ONE
I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say Jelly Roll Morton
Jazzin' The Blues, Forlane
"Jelly's Jazz" and "Kansas City Stomp" Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Jelly, Columbia
Winin Boy Dukes of Dixieland/Danny Barker
Salute to Jelly Roll Morton, Leisure
My Jelly Roll Soul Charles Mingus
Blues & Roots, Atlantic
Instrumental: Winin' Boy Blues Baby Dodds
Hot Jazz on Blue Note, Blue Note
INTERVIEW: Michael White and Dan Morganstern on Jelly Roll Morton
El Cocoye Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Joesph Smith piano
A Gottschalk Gala, Premier
Tiger Rag Art Tatum
Piano Starts Here, Sony
Instrumental: You Name It Memphis Slim
The Folkways Years 1959-1973, Smithsonian Folkways
Women Be Wise Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt, WB
Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar Andrews Sisters
The Cream of the Andrews Sisters, Pearl
Mama Don't Allow Jeff Little
Folk Masters 1996 DAT
Professor Longhair Medley James Booker
Mardi Gras Party, Rounder
Hang, Hang Joshua Bell and Edgar Meyer
Short Trip Home, Sony
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Quoi Faire Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder
Southbound Allman Brothers Band
Brothers & Sisters, Capricorn
INTERVIEW: Michael Doucet
J'Etais Au Bal Balfa Brothers
J'Etais Au Bal, Swallow
Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon Hank Penny
Crazy Rhythm, Bloodshot
Candy Shop Andrew Birds Bowl of Fire
Oh The Grandeur, Ryko
Instrumental: Jumpin' Jack Flash
Pickin' on the Rolling Stones, CMH
Beast of Burden Buckwheat Zydeco
Where There's Smoke There's Fire, Island
Lowdown in Lodi Freddie King
The Shelter Records Years, Right Stuff
Honky Tonk Women Taj Mahal
Paint it Blue, HoB
Bad Moon on the Rise Seldom Scene
Dream Scene, Schanachie
Instrumental: Beaton's Delight Ashley MacIsaac
Hi™ How Are You Today?, A&M
The Wildcat Natalie MacMaster
My Roots are Showing, Rounder
INTERVIEW: Natalie MacMaster
Mystery Pacific Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli
The Hot Club of France, Pearl