Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp

[TehBlueSun]

Love the left hand.

[torsbyn]

Several of the classic ragtime composers wrote thumb-melody-with-upper-chord-

must have been an outgrowth from string instrument fretting?

The roll plays uneven and is this true Morton or a collection of mortonesque stuff by J Lawrence Cook?

[IlReBianco]

Wonderful ♥♥♥

[Santosificationable]

What exactly is a "stomp"?

BTW This is possibly my favorite stride/ragtime piece. It's just amazing.

[rockfan363]

@Santosificationable agreed. everything is so perfect.

[joeldio2]

i'm making hot green tea; cold and rainy outside .. ! :)

[OldForeignMusic]

Does anyone know where there is full sheet music for this?

[redk1994]

I love Jelly, this song is stuck in my head and is on repeat on my SUVs cd player. Ragtime rules...

[ladysmokesk]

Morton often played the melody of a tune with his right thumb, while sounding a harmony above these notes with other fingers of the right hand. This added a rustic or "out-of-tune" sound (due to the playing of a diminished 5th above the melody). This may still be recognized as belonging to New Orleans. Morton also walked in major and minor sixths in the bass, instead of tenths or octaves. He played basic swing rhythms in both the left and right hand.

[drewnicholsmusic]

@ladysmokesk Right off of Wikipedia...

[rockfan363]

@ladysmokesk just sharing info from wikipedia?

[cordedibasso]

Nel 1906 il pianista Jelly Roll Morton compose il brano "King Porter Stomp", che fu uno dei primi brani jazz a godere di vasta notorietà, e negli anni seguenti a New Orleans furono attive molte formazioni jazz

[qtfla]

@cordedibasso copia incolla da wikipedia,uh? ahah :D

[eurekabach]

technically, what are the main differences between "Jelly-Roll" and Joplin? I'm kinda studying jazz for real now...

[BardCoennius]

Ragtime on steroids...

[pinksaziloveswicked]

does anyone know how this was recorded onto a shella disc - via gramophone or microphone??

[Morahman7vnNo2]

@pinksaziloveswicked It's from a piano roll (originally).

[JvmTama09]

amazing, he's incredibly talented...

[lauraneville]

fabulous!!!

[Mr98giuliano]

fantastic!



[johnabenford]

This seems to have an awful lot of echo added to it, compared to the version I first heard in about 1960, when I borrowed a 10" LP from my local library and recorded it on my tape recorder (there's nothing new about illegal downloads by teenagers). P.S. Don't be so rude to 'jerks' - I use my real name, you don't.

[johnabenford]

Apologies - I did not see the comment by ragtimemax - added dynamics indeed.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Beware, one day you will slip up and forget your manners, and you be in my position.

[0ooRiannAoo0]

Morton is my musical hero. I look up to him so much . i

[ivelosthewilltolive]

?Doesn't sound anything like Fletcher Henderson's arrangement. Is it even the same song?

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Jelly Roll Morton is the composer of King Porter Stomp, Fletcher Henderson's arrangement has someone playing off the main melody, in fact he was using the melody as the accompaniment for the for what sounded like a trumpet soloing.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

And at about 30 seconds into both Fletcher Henderson's arrangement, and Benny Goodman's interpretation, you can clearly hear the same riffs used to go into the next section. And at about 1:30 here those same riffs are being used. Remember, this is a piano arrangement, not an orchestral. Though...Et cetera. Judging by your name, I don't know I should waste your time with these pointless useless explanations.

[ivelosthewilltolive]

Yes, thanks for your rude response to my harmless question...

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Sorry, I had no idea what to expect and wasn't sure if I was just telling a jerk. The one time I judge a youtuber by the username, and it's to someone who doesn't mean harm. Again I apologize.

[ExMachine]

Goddamn!

[whatsmylogin]

Are you sure he cut this roll in 1924? His other early 20s recordings sound much less improvised than this and his later recordings. (You can hear this by listening to all the versions of king porter or the pearls that are available at the redhotjazz website (google it; I can't write links here).)

[Morahman7vnNo2]

I've heard all of them and seen Chick Corea play the piano roll. It is the July of 1924 Vocalstyle

50480 Piano Roll under the piano roll section at the bottom of Morton's page on Red Hot Jazz. I think the sound quality threw you off.

[barakschmool]

who's playing this? the man himself?

[Morahman7vnNo2]

I'm not quite sure.

[ragtimemax]

This is the Vocalstyle piano roll that Morton recorded in 1924! This particular recording of the roll is a Disklavier playing back an edited version by Artis Wodehouse - with added dynamics.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Thanks you for the information.