Exciting upbeat jazz was the new alternative to emerging "Pop" music of the depression era, late 1920's ~ 1930's and Jelly Roll Morton (Ferd Morton) was a pioneer in this genre of jazz.
Keep in mind this was a very hard time period for everyone (particularly people of "colour"), the Great Depression was beginning and many people turned to upbeat music in an effort to forget their woes and lift their spirits such terribly hard times.
The music is great, very upbeat and at times, silly.
Jelly Roll Morton is also often referred to as Doctor Jazz, so named because he was the first artist to perform and record the song "Doctor Jazz", written by Joe "King" Oliver & Walter Melrose (although Walter was the publisher in reality) back in 1927.
Jelly Roll Morton plays piano but he is accompanied by many other musicians (and sound effects creators!) through these recordings. I have not noted which musicians were participating on each recorded track but here is the musician credit list:
Charlie Holmes, Joe Thomas, Stump Evans - Alto Saxophone
Bud Scott - Banjo, Guitar
Pops Foster - Bass
Albert Nicholas, Ernest Bullock, George Baquet, Johnny Dodds - Clarinet
George Mitchell - Cornet
Baby Dodds, Cozy Cole, Paul Barbarin, William Laws - Drums
Bernard Addison, Teddy Bunn - Guitar
Will Johnson - Guitar, Banjo
Jelly Roll Morton, Rod Rodriguez - Piano
Paul Barnes - Soprano Saxophone
Walter Thomas - Tenor Saxophone
Charlie Irvis, Gerald Reeves, J.C. Higginbotham, Wilbur De Paris - Trombone
Boyd "Red" Rossiter, Briscoe Draper, Henry "Red" Allen, Ward Pinkett - Trumpet
Wilton Crawley - Trumpet, Clarinet, Vocals
Billy Taylor Sr., Ernest Hill, Harry Prather, Quinn Wilson - Tuba
Billy Young - Vocals
When recording, Jelly Roll Morton's group of musicians were often referred to as Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers.
These recordings have all been compiled by RCA (Radio Corporation Of America) from their master recordings of the time.
Jelly Roll Morton - Hot Jazz Pop Jazz Hokum And Hilarity
RCA Records
Cat# LPV-524
Runout - Matrix codes (all stamped)
SPRM-4791 - - 1 S
SPRM-4792 - - 1 S A JA3
Red Seal Vintage Collection
Recorded in glorious MONO - RCA have not altered their original recordings (no fake stereo effects)
1966
Australian release (printed as such on the lower edge of the cover (rear) and matrix codes included for references
Cover is in good - very good condition, no seam splits and clean with very little wear to the edges from handling, no writing but the rear of the cover (white) does show a little grubbiness due to handling over the last 50 years!
Read the rear cover, extensive details about the various musicians and their distinctive styles of playing.
New inner sleeve
Vinyl is in very good condition, visually inspected under a white halogen light source and I can see a couple of very light marks on each side and the vinyl surface is clean. However just looking at a record is not good enough so I then played the ENTIRE compilation album, every single track. Although at times the surface noise is slightly elevated, overall the album has no signficant issues with surface noise or clicks/pops - a fun enjoyable step back in time.
New outer protective sleeve
All tracks recorded between June 4, 1927 & June 3, 1930 in Chicago and New York.
Most tracks are instrumental only, exceptions being
You Done Played Out Blues (Billie Young)
I'm Her Papa She's My Mama (Wilton Crawley)
Oh and of course there is the "goat" sounds during Billy Goat Stomp
Tracks: Wild Man Blues (1927), Hyena Stomp (1927), Billy Goat Stomp (1927), Freakish - Featuring Jelly Roll Morton on piano (1929), Freakish (1929), You Done Played Out Blues (1930), Sweet Anita Mine (1929), I'm Looking For A Little Bluebird (1930), Sweet Peter (1929), Jersey Joe (1929), Mississippi Mildred (1929), Mint Julep (1929), I'm Her Papa She's My Mama (1930), She Saves Her Sweetest Smiles For Me (1930), Tank Town Bump (1929), Try Me Out (1929)
