Tracks:
Frog-I-More Rag - Jelly Roll Morton
Selling That Stuff - Georgia Tom/Tampa Red (Take 1)
Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues - Skip James
Thirty-Fifth Street Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
Too Black Bad - Georgia Tom/Madlyn Davis/Tampa Red
Muddy Water Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
Beedle Um Bum - Georgia Tom/Tampa Red
Barrelhouse Woman - William Ezell
Death Bell Blues - Georgia Tom/Madlyn Davis/Tampa Red
Mamanita - Jelly Roll Morton
How Long "Buck" - Skip James
Big Fat Ham - Jelly Roll Morton
West Coast Rag - William Ezell
Gold Tooth Papa Blues - Georgia Tom/Madlyn Davis/Tampa Red
London Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
It's Red Hot - Georgia Tom/Madlyn Davis/Tampa Red
Barrel House Man - William Ezell
Mr. Jelly Lord - Jelly Roll Morton
Selling That Stuff - Georgia Tom/Tampa Red
Steady Roll - Jelly Roll Morton

Performer Notes:

• Personnel: Tampa Red (vocals, guitar); Georgia Tom, Skip James (vocals, piano); Madlyn Davis (vocals); Boyd Senter (banjo, kazoo, clarinet); Tommy Ladnier (clarinet); Charles Harris (alto saxophone); Jelly Roll Morton, William Ezell (piano); Jasper Taylor (wood block); Wendell Echols (programming).
• Of the Black Swan Record Company's three volumes devoted to piano recordings which were originally released on the old Paramount label, Paramount Piano Blues, Vol. 3 combines the work of several blues artists and one archetypal jazzman. Jelly Roll Morton gets the lion's share, amassing no less than eight out of twenty titles, including "Mr. Jelly Lord" which is played by Morton's Steamboat Four. Georgia Tom Dorsey is heard cutting up heaps of hokum with Tampa Red and the now all-but-forgotten Madlyn Davis. While William Ezell was capable of some fancy tickling as evidenced by his upbeat "West Coast Rag," his "Barrelhouse Woman" and "Barrelhouse Man" are closer to the low-down, slow drag-style of piano that wasn't never in a hurry and never will be. Bluesiest of all is Mississippian Skip James; his "How Long Blues" and "Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues" are sobering examples of how these kinds of recordings transcend mere entertainment to feel more like very personal, private rituals. Altogether, this is one of the better volumes in the Black Swan Paramount Piano Blues series, especially given the bracing combination of Jelly Roll Morton and a small circle of similarly intense characters. ~ arwulf arwulf

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 12 August, 1994

Label: Black Swan Records

Dimensions: 12.5 x 14.2 x 1 centimeters (0.06 kg)