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Jelly Roll Morton made a lot of exaggerated claims in his life, taking credit for the birth of jazz.
 No one really believes these claims, but it's amazing how much truth there is to them. For one thing, 
Jelly Roll Morton revolutionized the form, more than Charlie Parker did and maybe even Louis Armstrong.
 His early RCA Victor recordings laid much of the music's foundation, particularly the Chicago "Red Hot Peppers"
 recordings, and Morton himself has been hailed as the first great jazz composer in a long tradition of composers
 that include Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and Wayne Shorter. Simply put, you can't say enough
 about the greatness and the importance of Morton's music.

This collection by JSP is an absolute godsend. Originally a British import that received poor circulation in the U.S.,
 it went out of print for many years when JSP was bought by another company that went on to re-issue all of their CD's.
 As any jazz collector can tell you, these CD's are famous for the meticulous remastering done by jazz archivist/sound 
expert, John T. R. Davies, and this Jelly Roll Morton box set is one of THE gems of the JSP catalog.
 It covers pretty much the same recording as the RCA Victor box set, "Centennial," including every track of Morton's
 best and most famous work with his Red Hot Peppers. JSP's box set is much more preferable than the RCA Victor 
set for many reasons. First, alternate takes are place on separate discs (RCA stacks them on top of the master take),
 which makes for better listening. Second, the JSP box is much less expensive. Third and most important of all is sound
 quality. RCA's box set was released in 1990, and like all it's reissues of that era, it was heavily processed
 with NoNoise, leaving a squeaky clean sound, but with the high and low end frequencies lopped off. Furthermore,
 good sources weren't always secured by RCA, so many tracks on their set were taken from analogue tape copies of old
 source material. The overall result was a muffled, heavily compressed sound that squeezed the life out of the music. 
It was all the more depressing considering that the music was recorded extraordinarily well for their time.
 With this JSP box set, Davies secured superior sources, including some rare 78 rpm records from private collections.
 Furthermore, noise reduction was very minimal, which means there's more surface noise on these CD's, but the liveliness
 of the sound is simply amazing. Simply put, there's absolutely no reason to buy "The Centennial" box set when you have
 this beauty available.

Much of this music is essential to any jazz collection, and this box set from JSP is absolutely the best way to attain
 it. Great music, amazing sound quality, and a great bargain.

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Tracklist

CD1                                                

01 - Black Bottom Stomp.flac
02 - Smoke-House Blues.flac
03 - The Chant.flac
04 - Sidewalk Blues.flac
05 - Dead Man Blues.flac
06 - Steamboat Stomp.flac
07 - Someday Sweetheart.flac
08 - Grandpa's Spells.flac
09 - Original Jelly Roll Blues.flac
10 - Doctor Jazz.flac
11 - Cannon Ball Blues.flac
12 - Hyena Stomp.flac
13 - Billy Goat Stomp.flac
14 - Wild Man Blues.flac
15 - Jungle Blues.flac
16 - Beale Street Blues.flac
17 - The Pearls.flac
18 - Wolverine Blues.flac
19 - Mr. Jelly Lord.flac

CD2

01 - Red Hot Pepper.flac
02 - Deep Creek.flac
03 - Pop.flac
04 - Seattle Hunch.flac
05 - Frances (Fat Frances).flac
06 - Freakish.flac
07 - Burnin' the Iceberg.flac
08 - Courthouse Bump.flac
09 - Pretty Lil.flac
10 - Sweet Aneta Mine.flac
11 - New Orleans Bump (Monrovia).flac
12 - Down My Way.flac
13 - Try Me Out.flac
14 - Tank Town Bump.flac
15 - Sweet Peter.flac
16 - Jersey Joe.flac
17 - Mississippi Mildred.flac
18 - Mint Julep.flac
19 - Smilin' the Blues Away.flac
20 - Turtle Twist.flac
21 - My Little Dixie Home.flac
22 - That's Like It Ought to Be.flac

CD3

01 - Each Day.flac
02 - If Someone Would Only Love Me.flac
03 - That'll Never Do.flac
04 - I'm Looking for a Little Bluebird.flac
05 - Little Lawrence.flac
06 - Harmony Blues.flac
07 - Fussy Mabel.flac
08 - Ponchatrain.flac
09 - Oil Well.flac
10 - Load of Coal (Load of Cole).flac
11 - Crazy Chords.flac
12 - Primrose Stomp.flac
13 - Low Gravy.flac
14 - Strokin' Away.flac
15 - Blue Blood Blues.flac
16 - Mushmouth Shuffle.flac
17 - Gambling Jack.flac
18 - Fickle Fay Creep.flac

CD4

01 - The Chant.flac
02 - Sidewalk Blues.flac
03 - Dead Man Blues.flac
04 - Someday Sweetheart.flac
05 - Grandpa's Spells.flac
06 - Original Jelly-Roll Blues.flac
07 - Cannon Ball Blues.flac
08 - Hyena Stomp.flac
09 - Billy Goat Stomp.flac
10 - Wild Man Blues.flac
11 - Jungle Blues.flac
12 - Beale Street Blues.flac
13 - The Pearls.flac
14 - Wolverine Blues.flac
15 - Georgia Stomp.flac
16 - Kansas City Stomps.flac
17 - Shoe Shiner's Drag.flac
18 - Boogaboo.flac
19 - Shreveport.flac
20 - Mournful Serenade.flac


CD5

01 - Shreveport (take 2).flac
02 - Seattle Hunch (take 2).flac
03 - Freakish.flac
04 - Burnin' the Iceberg.flac
05 - Courthouse Bump.flac
06 - Pretty Lil.flac
07 - Sweet Anita Mine (take 2).flac
08 - New Orleans Bump (Monrovia) (take 2).flac
09 - Tank Town Bump.flac
10 - Sweet Peter (take 2).flac
11 - Jersey Joe (take 2).flac
12 - Mississippi Mildred (take 2).flac
13 - Each Day (take 2).flac
14 - Oil Well (take 2).flac
15 - Load of Coal (Load of Cole) (take 2).flac
16 - Crazy Chords.flac
17 - Primrose Stomp (take 2).flac
18 - Strokin' Away.flac
19 - Blue Blood Blues (take 2).flac
20 - Gambling Jack (take 2).flac

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General

File size                                : 966 MB
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 614 Kbps
Album                                    : Complete Recorded Sides 1926-1930, Discs 5/5
Performer                                : Jelly Roll Morton
Genre                                    : Jazz
Recorded date                            : 2000

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Audio

Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 513 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth                                : 16 bits
Writing library                          : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)