Object Details
- Description
Jelly Roll Morton. side 1: Creepy Feeling [part 1]; side 2: Creepy Feeling [conclusion] (Circle JM-29/30), from the album, Jelly Roll Morton, Volume 4: The Spanish Tinge (Circle Limited Edition #306).
78 rpm.This recording 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- recording artist
- Morton, Jelly Roll
- manufacturer
- Circle
- recording date
- 1938
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
- Physical Description
- vinylite (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
- Object Name
- sound recording
