Mr. Jelly Lord - Jelly Roll Morton at the Library of Congress 1938

A selection of recordings made by Jelly Roll Morton as part of an archival/folklore project by Alan Lomax at the LOC in 1938 . . Something like six hours of recordings were made of Morton playing, singing, talking and reminiscing about his career and the early days of jazz . . here we have blues, spirituals, ragtime, semi-classical pieces and pop tunes along with Morton's own compositions --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-clark49/support