The Pearls played by Jelly Roll Morton in 1926

An original recording of Jelly Roll playing "The Pearls" in 1926.

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Music

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• Jelly
• Roll
• Morton
• The
• Pearls
• Jazz
• Age
• Piano
• Rag
• 1920s

[idamay1]

In those days I would imagine a lot of recording companies were beating the musicians out of what they had coming,,,My father Frank Melrose was a personal friend of Jelly's,,wound up just as jelly did,,,a pauper. Sad isn't it!

[littlebighorm]

genio !!! fuiste la base de la mejor musica del mundo. Incomparable

[richallewall]

There's another recording of this. I like it better than this one.

[weberduoart]

idamay1,are you also related to kansas city frank melrose?

[lezgon]

here you're talking the Inner Circle of classic jazz

[idamay1]

No problem...My Uncle lester got out of the business long before the Melrose Pub, Co. sold. I just know, from my mother, that my dad and jelly were friends, toured Chicago trying out new pianos, which they couldn't buy, but enjoyed doing this. My father had no connection with the Publishing Co, even though these were his brothers, and he was a heck of a piano player himself. Difference in people, I guess,

[willy4u4u]

jelly was king but your right it is really sad. I am actually reading about your uncles now in jelly's biography "jelly's blues", the two seemed cool but it seems walter was the bad guy..anyway, cheers didn't mean to blast on you..

[willy4u4u]

lucky jelly didn't blast your cheap ass uncles with that .38 he carried around. That's some weak shit.

[wininboy]

Thanks! That's very interesting. I'll have to do my homework again and have another listen...

Jelly's discography is somewhat of a labyrinth to me still, I admit.

But I am an eager student.