Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers - The Chant

	Duration: 03:13 minutes Upload Time: 07-06-09 15:22:21 User: kspm01 :::: Favorites
Description: Jelly Roll Morton considered himself to be the "inventor of jazz". Although this certainly is an exaggeration, he was crucial in development of early jazz. This typical composition was recorded for Hot Jazz Club America on September 15th, 1926.
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geterpillette ::: Favorites One of my favorite recordings, I love it dearly and it far outpaces other arrangments of the same tune... but upon listening to it several times I'm struck by how abysmal the trombone solo is. Gross! It's charming in context because it's so short, but really, it's SO bad! 07-08-15 17:29:11 _____________________________________________________
kspm01 ::: Favorites Glad you like this despite the trombone! 07-08-15 17:37:43 _____________________________________________________
klactv ::: Favorites Incredibly good music! I own a Morton sheet music book and it's beautifully constructed music, but awfully hard to play on the piano, e.g. King Porter Stomp, Grandpa's Spells and Kansas City Stomp. 07-08-14 17:03:48 _____________________________________________________
kspm01 ::: Favorites I don't play music myself, but it's obvious this is quite virtuosic. 07-08-14 17:19:22 _____________________________________________________
harast52 ::: Favorites Forget Mr. Jelly's ego. For my money if you let the music speak for itself he was without a doubt the best writer/arranger of Jazz - period. 07-07-21 09:42:44 _____________________________________________________
Somerset45 ::: Favorites Unbelievable-I was going to ask your thoughts on Jelly Roll after reading your post about Annette H. And here you're a fan already. Thought you might be if you liked Annette's style. His music backs most of the Chaplin clips being posted and certainly adds a lot of entertainment value to those old silents. 07-07-21 02:41:59 _____________________________________________________
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kspm01 ::: Favorites You got it right, I love Morton's brilliant and always original style! I"ve posted another Morton clip too by the way. 07-07-21 06:42:53 _____________________________________________________
Ndr3ww4 ::: Favorites This is just awesome, Jelly Forever ;) 07-07-01 18:29:36 _____________________________________________________
kspm01 ::: Favorites Thanks a lot! Check the new "tasteful jelly" I uploaded yesterday (Sidewalk Blues) :-) 07-07-01 18:33:46 _____________________________________________________
Somerset45 ::: Favorites PS- I'm not stalking you-we just seem to have much the same tastes in music and film. Thatsall. 07-07-21 02:43:01 _____________________________________________________
HarborGuy ::: Favorites I think he was the first to do arrangements tho. for Jazz.... 07-06-30 11:47:29 _____________________________________________________
kspm01 ::: Favorites That's what he pretended himself, but others before him most certainly played jazz too, although this indeed is a fairly "modern" sounding arrangement, actually ahead of its time. 07-06-30 11:55:00 _____________________________________________________
sika2003 ::: Favorites So thanks a lot for this track, kspm01. Say, do you maybe have Jelly Rolls record of "The Jelly Roll Blues"? Not the "Original Jelly Roll Blues" of 1926 with the Peppers but that record of 1938... I find it nowhere but it really thrilled me when I heard it by accident. 07-06-29 07:02:27 _____________________________________________________
kspm01 ::: Favorites Unfortunately I only have the 1926 version! 07-06-29 07:46:20 _____________________________________________________
sika2003 ::: Favorites I really wonder how much more popular Jelly Roll Morton could be.... he certainly deserves it but maybe he just was too much of a bragger and a "winin boy"- his ego surely brought him a lot of enemies. Nevertheless his records are far ahead of his time. He was by far the most sophisticated and skilled arranger of old New Orleans. These arrangments kick after 80 years! 07-06-29 06:57:44 _____________________________________________________
kspm01 ::: Favorites Thanks a lot for your fine comments! Absolutely, he was far ahead of his time, and this music is just as fresh as when it was arranged. 07-06-29 07:47:58 _____________________________________________________
jurek46pink ::: Favorites And the sound is so frrrrreeesh. I like such a sound (without special technical manipulations). Promise to turn on as the first one tomorrow morning...:-) 07-06-09 17:14:15 _____________________________________________________
kspm01 ::: Favorites This "hot" tune certainly is "refreshing" and envigorating in the morning, thank you! 07-06-09 17:18:46 _____________________________________________________
bmcneese45 ::: Favorites Even more invorgrating than my prune juice! 07-06-09 18:17:08 _____________________________________________________
bmcneese45 ::: Favorites Wow! This was certainly a rockin' record for 1926. I enjoyed it immensely. 07-06-09 16:58:01 _____________________________________________________
kspm01 ::: Favorites It even rocks nowadays! Thank you so much for your appreciation. By the way, this the only one I managed to upload today, several attempts were unsuccessful, the site is seriously suffering from kind of a "bandwith angina". 07-06-09 17:14:42 _____________________________________________________
bmcneese45 ::: Favorites Yes, it is experiencing the chest pains of trying to operate at 110% (and growing!) every hour of the day. You're right. This record swings no matter what the year. 07-06-09 18:15:35 _____________________________________________________