Artist: Dick Hyman
Album: Jelly & James (The Music of Jelly Roll Morton and James P. Johnson)
Genre: Early Jazz, Stride
Label: Sony Masterworks
Released: 1992
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941):
- Pep (2:50)
- Buddy Bolden's Blues (2:58)
- The Finger Breaker (2:42)
- The Pearls (3:31)
- Shreveport Stomp (2:53)
- King Porter Stomp (3:12)
- Grandpa's Spells (2:36)
- The Perfect Rag (2:50)
- The Crave (3:47)
- Black Bottom Stomp (3:26)
- Mr. Jelly-Lord (2:27)
James P. Johnson (1894-1955): - Charleston (2:13)
- If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight (3:52)
- Caprice Rag (3:05)
- Selections from "Runnin' Wild": Ginger Brown/Old-Fashioned Love/Charleston/Love Bug/Open Your Heart/Old-Fashioned Love (Reprise) (7:08)
- Snowy Morning Blues (4:25)
- Steeplechase Rag (2:35)
- Eccentricity (3:47)
- Carolina Balmoral (2:47)
- Just Before Daybreak (3:02)
- Jingles (3:37)
- Carolina Shout (3:23)
- You've Got to Be Modernistic (3:23)
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- Personnel:
- Dick Hyman - piano, Baldwin organ (#13), arranger, conductor
- Ruby Braff (#13,16,17,20) - cornet
- Mel Davis (#1), Pee Wee Erwin (#6,10,11), Joe Wilder (#9,10) - trumpet
- Urbie Green (#1), Vic Dickenson (#6,9,10,17) - trombone
- Phil Bodner - alto saxophone (#6)
- Kenny Davern - clarinet (#1,7,10), soprano saxophone (#2,6)
- Bob Wilber - soprano saxophone (#17)
- Don Butterfield - tuba (#4)
- Joe Venuti - violin (#5,8)
- Milt Hinton - bass (#10)
- Panama Francis - drums (#5,8,10)
- Tony Mottola - banjo (#10)
With the exception of a version of "Fickle Fay Creep," this single CD has all of the music recorded by Dick Hyman for tribute LPs for Jelly Roll Morton and James P. Johnson. By varying the instrumentation (which ranges from a piano solo and duets to a big band) and by picking musicians who really understand vintage jazz, Hyman put together two classic sets. The Morton date features such musicians as clarinetist Kenny Davern (doubling on soprano), violinist Joe Venuti, trumpeter Pee Wee Erwin, and trombonist Vic Dickenson (among others), and the highlights include Hyman's showcase on "Fingerbuster," "King Porter Stomp," "The Crave," and an exuberant "Black Bottom Stomp." The James P. Johnson project is most notable for three duets by Hyman (one on pipe organ) with cornetist Ruby Braff and for excellent orchestrations for both a theater orchestra and a jazz band. Essential music for any serious pre-bop collection.
Review by Scott Yanow