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JELLY ROLL MORTON
Jelly Roll Morton, the 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. Michael White and Wynton Marsalis.
HOUR ONE
- I Thought I heard Buddy Bolden Say Jelly Roll Morton
Jazzin' The Blues, Forlane - Jelly's Jazz" & "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
Listen - 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
HOUR two
- Bed: Quoi Faire Coteau
Highly Seasoned Cajun Music, Rounder - Southbound Allman Brothers Band
Brothers & Sisters, Capricorn - INTERVIEW: Michael Doucet
Listen - 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
Listen - Mystery Pacific Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli
The Hot Club of France, Pearl - Hang, Hang Joshua Bell and Edgar Meyer
Short Trip Home, Sony
