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Jelly Roll Morton Trios with Barney Bigard and Zutty Singleton (Dec 17, 1929)

In New York in 1929, New Orleans pianist, composer, and self-proclaimed inventor of jazz Jelly Roll Morton made four sides with Duke Ellington's clarinet star, the great Barney Bigard. Bigard had a unique New Orleans creole clarinet sound rooted in the same tradition as Morton's regular clarinetists Johnny Dodds and Omer Simeon but with a different, more squirelly and unpredictable nature that gives these sides a special flavor in Morton's discography. The New Orleans connection is complete with the masterful drumming of Zutty Singleton, who plays some of his greatest fills and snare drum rolls on record throughout this session, as well as some "bock-a-de-bock", a popular precursor to the hi-hat also played by Zutty on some records in this era with Louis Armstrong, including the famous "West End Blues." The four tunes are also unusual - Morton claimed to have written at least some of them, although his assistant at the time claimed that Morton stole them from him. None were recorded by other bands except "My Little Dixie Home" which was recorded by a vocal group two years later. Some of the tunes are very loosely composed, without strongly identifiable melodies, almost like they were just jamming, while others seem to be more thought out. All in all, it's a very interesting recording session with a great vibe and strong New Orleans feel throughout. Many of the commercial reissues of these tracks throughout the years were remastered at the incorrect pitch, as it seems Victor's machines were moving slowly on this day, since the tunes are a whole key or more flat when played at the standard 78rpm. Having recently acquired a copy of the rather elusive Victor record, I've done fresh transfers of all four numbers at the correct pitch and with a bit of light sound restoration and EQ. Enjoy! 0:00 Smilin' The Blues Away 2:51 Turtle Twist 5:56 My Little Dixie Home 8:50 That's Like It Ought To Be Jelly Roll Morton, piano Barney Bigard, clarinet Zutty Singleton, drums and traps Recorded at Victor's 46th St. Studio in New York on December 17, 1929 HMV JK-2186 (Swiss) Victor V-38061