Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord (1999)

About this title: In this tribute to Jelly Roll Morton, at last there is a large sampling of the Wynton Marsalis who can get large crowds at outdoor jazz festivals like the Playboy at Hollywood Bowl to dance and wave white handkerchiefs. This is mostly gutbucket, stomping, swinging New Orleans jazz through the eyes and ears of avid students of old records -- and they have absorbed a good deal of the original raffish, joyous feeling. Dedicated scholars as they are, the band even recreates the original zany dialogue that opens Morton's recordings of "Dead Man Blues" and "Sidewalk Blues" (with a small alteration ... read more

Tracks:

1. Red Hot Pepper [Morton]
2. New Orleans Bump [Morton]
3. King Porter Stomp [Morton]
4. The Pearls [Morton]
5. Deep Creek [Morton]
6. Mamanita [Morton]
7. Sidewalk Blues [Morton]
8. Jungle Blues [Morton]
9. Big Lip Blues [Morton]
10. Dead Man Blues [Morton]
11. Smoke-House Blues [Morton]
12. Billy Goat Stomp [Morton]
13. Courthouse Bump [Morton]
14. Black Bottom Stomp [Morton]
15. Tom Cat Blues [Morton]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.