Object Details
- recording artist
- Morton, Jelly Roll
- manufacturer
- Circle
- Description (Brief)
Jelly Roll Morton. Jelly Roll Morton, Volume 10: The Jazz Piano Soloist...2 (Circle Limited Edition #306).
78 rpm. Album is for a 3-disc set comprised of JM-69, JM-70, JM-71, JM-72, JM-73, and JM-74.This is part of a limited edition 45 twelve-inch record set, The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord. The set is comprised of interviews and musical performances of musician Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (1890-1941) recorded by American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax (1915-2002) at the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, from May 23, 1938 to December 14, 1938. In the interviews, Morton recounts his experiences, both in New Orleans and on the road, as a popular musician of the early twentieth century.
The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord limited edition record set was issued by Circle Sound Inc., incrementally with two albums every three months, beginning in late 1947. The recordings were pressed on red vinylite. Album design and typography for this set was by Jimmy Ernst (born Hans-Ulrich Ernst, 1920-1984), a German-born American painter.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
- recording date
- 1938
- ID Number
- 1988.0698.2599
- catalog number
- 1988.0698.2599
- accession number
- 1988.0698
- maker number
- JM-69/74
- serial number
- 306
- Object Name
- sound recording album
- Physical Description
- vinylite (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 14 in; 30.48 cm x 35.56 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Related Publication
- Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 2
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1061357
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-ec33-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
