MISTER JELLY ROLL

Jelly Roll Morton, Inventor Of Jazz, Online Book by Alan Lomax

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	Appendix Two				301
	Brown who stopped traffic in New York with that washboard of his."
	June 1923	Chicago	Big Fat Ham Muddy Water Blues	Orchestra	Paramount
	"Then I went with Gennet for a year and a half/? said Jelly, "on a percentage basis. I helped the New Orleans Rhythm Kings out in making their big records, cut a flock of piano solos that were very, very big, and made plenty money for them. I never did keep track of how much I made. They wanted me to sign up for ten years, but I didn't want to work for a salary and I didn't want to be tied down. Yon see before that contract was up, 1 was recording for just about everybody else under different pseudonyms. Those days I used to call myself almost anything for a disguise and go on in and make the records. Naturally Geirnet didn't like this too well. By the way if you want those pseudonyms, you can ask Lester Melrose in Chicago," Jelly grinned.
	Aag. Richmond King Porter Stomp Piano solo Gennet 192» a Indiana New Orleans Joys « ® Aug. Richmond Sohbin Blues New Orleans Rhythm Kings 1923 Clarinet Marmalade Mr. Jelly Lord (Mares, Branies Rappolo and other white Creoles) a e Geanet Aag.-Sept. « London Blues «s 1923 s Milenburg Joys Grandpas Spells Kansas CUy Stomps Wolverine Blues The Pearls Kano solo St m a. Dec Chicago Someday Stueetheari Jazz Band (with Zue Robert- 1923 son and Horace Eubaaks) Okeh London Blues a a April Chicago Mr. Jelly Lord Steamboat (with Kazoo, 1924 piano and banjo) Paramoont Steady Roll Stomp Kings (Piano ornUkd) « April Chicago Mamanita Solo a 1924 35th Street Blues a a. June Chicago London Blues Solo Rialto 1924 PJune Chicago Fish Tail Blues Kings of Jazz (Lee Collins, 1924 Roy Palmer and others) Autografts High Society 45 £ Weary Blues a. a Tiger Rag & a,