Tom Cat Blues

Jelly Roll Morton created Jazz and Tom Cat Blues is one of favorite tunes that shows one of most important duet of two great genius: Joe King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton. They recorded it at 12/1924 in Chicago, Ilinois. This is a difficult and characteristic cap mute cornet player. JF Missali is a King Oliver's fan and Alexandre Hage is a Jelly Roll Morton's searcher. Here these brazilian jazz boys homage Maestro Paul Zelders, the Band Leader of Circus Square Jazz Band of Landgraaf, NL.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tom
• Cat
• Blues
• Jelly
• Roll
• Morton
• King
• Oliver
• Missali
• Alexandre
• Hage

[rogercallard]

It looks like you have long fingers. Can you cleanly hit a Db - F 10th, Ab - C 10th or an Eb - G 10th? If so, you would have no problem graduating from Jelly Roll Morton to Fats Waller.

[alehage]

@rogercallard Thanks for all comments. We are form Brazil. We will think about release. And I cant cleanly hit a Db-F and similar. When music is fast I cant do it like Fats. Would love to do it but I cant

[ilbofilms]

Alexandre and Joao, what a wonderful surprise to hear the Oliver/Morton classic performed, done with such darn good jazz feeling. This goes in my favourites?

Thank you very much.

[alehage]

Thank You Bob. We are very happy 'cause you liked it.

[StradMan37]

Great music, "my friends"!

Your wonderful trumpeting inspires me to keep trying to pick up MY horn, and make some music, so THANK YOU for your fantastic jazz - I love it!!!

[StradMan37]

"Hello my friends"! Totally addicted to your Jelly Roll Jazz!!!

Keep on a-blowin' & a'ticklin' them iv'ry's, guys!!!!!!! Lovin' it!

[sirbullyak1]

Fantastic!

[invinceble1]

you guys are great! I have a new appreciation for Tom Cat Blues (I only knew the piano-roll version). I tried to find a similar track at the iTunes music store (i.e. with cornet and piano duo). They have the original Jelly Roll Morton/King Oliver recording from 1924, but it's low-fidelity mono. Have you considered recording Tom Cat Blues and similar tracks? Even if you didn't release a whole CD, you could sell your MP3 tracks through iTunes etc.

Thanks for my latest favorite youtube video!

[yvesfrancois]

why is that most of my favourite "new" recordings are either on youtube or myspace? because record companies don't see the need to issue REAL authentic talent like this, love king and jelly, and i see you two do as well, thanks yves francois (love the trumpet playing, very pure and true)

[RobeGre]

This is great. What a fine tribute to Jelly and Joe Oliver. Where are you guys from?

[Steven2690]

That was a great piece of art!!!

[zelde025]

Your both are great musicians.

I wish you next year many gigs with your

NEW ORLEANS JASS BAND.

Joao and Alexandre,you are one of my awesome New Orleans jazzmusicians.

Paul Zelders.(NL)