Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers 78 rpm on Victor

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe ( Lemott, later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American  and  pianist, bandleader, and composer of  descent. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated. His composition "", published in 1915, was one of the first published jazz compositions. He also claimed to have invented the genre.

Morton also wrote "", "", "", and "I Thought I Heard  Say", the last being a tribute to  from the turn of the 20th century.

Morton's claim to have invented jazz in 1902 was criticized. Music critic  wrote, "Jelly Roll Morton did himself a lot of harm posthumously by exaggerating his worth ... Morton's accomplishments as an early innovator are so vast that he did not really need to stretch the truth."  says of Morton's "hyperbolic assertions" that there is "no proof to the contrary" and that Morton's "considerable accomplishments in themselves provide reasonable substantiation.”

"Black Bottom Stomp" is a  composition. It was composed by  in 1925 and was originally entitled "Queen of Spades". It was recorded in Chicago by Morton and His , for  on September 15, 1926.

The performers on the original recording were:

Clarinet:  Trumpet:  Trombone:  Piano: Jelly Roll Morton Banjo:  Double Bass: John Lindsay Drums:  Courtesy: Wikipedia

Here's What You'll Get:

           

Black Bottom Stomp/The Chant      Victor   20221     1926      VG+ (E-  VJM grade)

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