New Orleans Blues; La Paloma
New Orleans Blues; La Paloma
- Description
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Jelly Roll Morton. side 1: New Orleans Blues; side 2: La Paloma (Circle JM-27/28), 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.
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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
- Object Name
- sound recording
- recording date
- 1938
- recording artist
- Morton, Jelly Roll
- manufacturer
- Circle
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Physical Description
- vinylite (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
- ID Number
- 1988.0698.2569
- catalog number
- 1988.0698.2569
- accession number
- 1988.0698
- maker number
- JM-27
- JM-28
- serial number
- 306
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Family & Social Life
- Jazz
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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