MISTER JELLY ROLL

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

with Some sheet music & lyrics.

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	man.—clarinet, JRM— piano; —?— banjos; B. Addison—guitar; Bill Ben- ford—toba;JTom Hertford —drums) Victoi Harmony Blues « a 20 Mar., Fussy Mabel st & 1930 Ponchairain Blues « a
	The tides were running against Jelly Roll now. He had hoped, he said later, to get Barney Bigard, Albert Nicholas, and other leading side-men for the band he was asked to bring to Hollywood, but "Those gangsters and their gunmen said they'd kill me if I tried to get those boys away from the Savoy in Harlem." One day Billie Young, who helped in the office when she had no club date, broke out with that hoodoo rash. . . . The Victor contract was not being renewed. Jelly Roll tried to compete with the swing bands. He certainly played all the gig dates he could get in the next few years, ducking in and out of other bands. Only two recording dates are remembered, although others doubtless will be. With the Mannone orchestra he is said to have played with Bud Free­man, Artie Shaw, John Kirby, and others. . ♦ .
	4 April, New York When They Gel Lovin' Ace. B. Young Victor 1930 You Done Played Old « « 2 June, New York Oil Well Red Hot Peppers (W. Pink- 1930 ett, —?— trumpets; Gee-chy Fields—trombone; a Victor houseman?—clari­net; J. & W. Thomas— alto and tenor saxes; JRM —piano, Lee Blair—gui­tar; Billy Taylor—bass; Cozy Cole—drums) « Load of Coal a. s Crazy Chords K ffl Primrose Stomp « « .4 July, New York Low Gravy Red Hot Peppers (W. Pink- 1930 ett—trumpet, Geechy Fields—trombone, Albert Nicholas—clarinet, JRM —piano, H. Hill—guitar, Pete Briggs—tuba, Tom Benford—drums) t Strokm* Away^ a t Blue Blood Blues a m Muskmoutk Shuffle a « $Oct., New York Gambling Jack Red Hot Peppers (Ward 1930 Pinkett—trumpet, Sandy Williams — trombone,