Скачать или смотреть MAMIE'S BLUES by Jelly Roll Morton - NEW ORLEANS MEMORIES 1939

MAMIE'S BLUES by Jelly Roll Morton, recorded in 1939 for the General record label and here released on their 5 record 78 rpm album set - NEW ORLEANS MEMORIES. This album has been reproduced on lots of labels in just about every musical format, but this is recorded from the original General album G11. Morton died not too long after this was recorded. This was his last recording session. A truly historical recording! If you listen carefully, you will hear him tapping his foot in time to the music.

Such was the significance of this album that it was given a contemporary account in the March 11, 1940 issue of TIME magazine. Here is an excerpt from that article:

"Last week in Manhattan Charles Edward Smith, historian (Jazzmen) and friend of America's native rhythms, produced through new General Records Co. an album of barrel-house tunes played by the greatest surviving barrel-houser — 54-year-old Ferdinand ("Jelly Roll") Morton. The album's title is Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Memories"

How cool is that?