Jelly Roll Morton - The Pearls free for downloading

This and "The Crave" are Jelly's greatest compositions, I'd say.

I cry everytime I listen to this recording.

There are other believers out here, too. I think Morton was one of the greatest talents in American musc. If he didn't actually invent jazz, he certainly shaped it from various disparate elements. I also think he's one of the most fascinating people who's ever lived. Thanks for posting this and the other videos.

Most of his varied works can be found on YT. Thanks for your comment.

Hope this vid helped you with an interesting interpretation of your sheet music. And greetings from Texas.

Pearls are beautiful like this jazz, very good thanks (like all your posts).

OH MAN do I love your comment. I thought I was the only one who believed JRM had as much to do with the development of early "jass' as Satchmo. JRM's music is so distinctive-you would never confuse this with any other composer/artist. Thanks for your comment and for visiting the 1920s museum.

Morton played almost everything ragtime,jazz,blues and the french opera.

I LOVE THIS !! It has been my favorite since I first heard it back in 1975 .

Man this is the bee's knees.

I had originally posted this in Dec 2007 but YT took my channel down for too many copyright violations. This was one of the so called "violations"-go figure. It quickly got 7000 views then-go figure again. Guess everyone has already heard this.

Thank you for sharing this great JRM recording, which I take great pleasure in adding to my JRM "Playlist". Much appreciated.

Thanks for stopping by the museum and commenting.

Thanks for posting. Loved the pics. This is an awesome recording.

i've been listening to Jelly Roll Morton all day!

Any Type Rider fans out there?

Good presentation. I like the way you highlighted the personnel, a group made in jazz heaven. This number up there with 'The Chant'.