BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 6/7/26

JELLYROLL MORTON LOC RECORDINGS

This week on BBS we’ll spend Hour #3 listening to Jazz pianist Jellyroll Morton as he plays and reminisces with Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress during a session in May 1938. It’s a fascinating look by one of the most renowned figures in early Jazz, and even more fun as his telling of the story leaves no doubt just how important his contributions to the music truly were! Dick Buckley used to play these sessions on his programs years ago as Jellyroll talks about his many classic compositions and the stories behind them - and never burdens the listener with burdensome false modesty. It’s fun and fascinating. Jellyroll Morton LOC Recordings. Only on BBS!

HOUR #1

IF I FEEL LIKE THIS TOMORROW

JOJO ADAMS

SOMEBODY DONE HOODOOED THE HOODOO MAN

LOUIS JORDAN

YOU RUN YOUR MOUTH

LOUIS JORDAN

JUNETEENTH JAMBOREE

LOUIS JORDAN

YOU’RE MY MEAT

LOUIS JORDAN

PLEASE MR JOHNSON

ELLA JOHNSON

STOP PRETENDING

BUDDY JOHNSON

WITHOUT THE ONE YOU LOVE

ELLA JOHNSON

YOU WON’T LET ME GO

BUDDY JOHNSON

GOT AN UNCLE IN HARLEM

HOT LIPS PAGE

IT AIN’T LIKE THAT

HOT LIPS PAGE

BIG D BLUES

HOT LIPS PAGE

SMALL FRY

HOT LIPS PAGE

OH RED

INKSPOTS

BALTIMORE BREAKDOWN

ALBERT AMMONS

EVE COST ADAM JUST ONE BONE

BERT WILLIAMS

WITHOUT A SONG

WILD BILL DAVIS

HOUR #2

I’M MOVIN’ ON

RAY CHARLES

TWO YEARS OF TORTURE

RAY CHARLES

LET THE GOODTIMES ROLL

RAY CHARLES

NEVER SAY NAW

PERCY MAYFIELD

STAND BY

PERCY MAYFIELD

IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE

ANNIE LAURIE

YOU BELONG TO ME

ANNIE LAURIE

AFTERWHILE

BILLY WRIGHT

FOUR COLD COLD WALLS

BILLY WRIGHT

HOUNDS TOOTH

HAL SINGER

INDIAN LOVE CALL

HAL SINGER

EAGLE RIDIN’ PAPA

GEORGIA TOM DORSEY

HOW CAN YOU HAVE THE BLUES

KANSAS CITY KITTY

SWEETEST DADDY IN TOWN

ORA ALEXANDER

BIG GORILLA MAN

GLADYS BENTLY

MAMA STAYED OUT ALL NIGHT LONG

MAGGIE JONES

GO WHERE I SEND THEE

GOLDEN GATE QUARTET

NO FEMALE ANGELS IN HEAVEN

ELDER LIGHTFOOT SOLOMON MICHAUX

SOMETHING WITHIN ME

5 BLIND BOYS OF MISSISSIPPI

I’M A SOLDIER

GAY SISTERS

MY JOURNEY TO THE SKY

SISTER ROSETTA THARPE

HOUR #3

JELLYROLL MORTON LOC RECORDINGS

HOUR #4

HARD HEARTED WOMAN(1951)

BIG WALTER HORTON

KISING AT MIDNIGHT

BILLY BOY ARNOLD

I’M GONNA LOVE YOU

EDDIE TAYLOR

MY BABY WALKED OUT IN 1954

JOHNNY YOUNG

MR JELLYROLL BAKER

OTIS SPANN

SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER

JOHNNY LITLEJOHN

YOU MAY

JODY WILLIAMS

PRETTY BABY

WOODROW ADAMS

EVERYBODY’S IN THE MOOD

HOWLING WOLF

LONESOME WORLD BLUES

WILLIE LOVE

TAKE A LITTLE WALK WITH ME

WILLIE NIX

TEARS WON’T HELP YOU BABY

J.L. SMITH

TWIST WITH OSSIE LEE

OSCAR BOYD

I ALWAYS WANT YOU NEAR

MARY LANE

SUGAR IN MY TEA

PINEY BROWN

STRANGE FEELING

SLIM WILLIS

I RESIGN FROM YOUR LOVE

SYL JOHNSON

WHENYOU MOVE YOU LOSE

LEE SHOT WILLIAMS

SO LONG

JOHNNY ACE

NIGHT TIME

LLOYD GLENN

HOUR #5

MR LUCKY (VOCAL)

HENRY MANCINI

DREAMSVILLE

WES MONTGOMERY

A SURE THING

BILLY ECKSTINE

THEN I’LL BE TIRE OF YOU

LOREZ ALEXANDER

MISTY

GROOVE HOLMES

ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE

GROOVE HJOLMES

WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH ME

ELLA FITZGERALD

IT’S A BLUE WORLD

ELLA FITZGERALD

IT’S A BLUE WORLD

JIVE BOMBERS

BLOWING THE BLUES

GEORGE HARMONICA SMITH

HOTROLLS

HARMONICA KING

YOU’LL BE THE ONE

GUS JENKINS

SHAKE ‘EM UP

SLIM GREEN

WABBA SUSIE-Q

ACE HOLDER

LONESOME & CONFUSED

LOUIS & FROSTY

JUST A MINUTE

FRANK PATT

I DO BELIEVE

C.C. GRIFFIN

TRAVELING ALONE BLUES

MERCY DEE WALTON

ALBATROSS

FLEETWOOD MAC

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