Many, many years ago, I bought the complete Library of Congress recordings of Jelly Roll Morton - made by Alan Lomax in 1949 - and was totally fascinated by them. (Still am).

Anyway, I was digging through some multi-tracked stuff I'd done about 10 years ago, and came across this track, which I'd done as a tribute to the great man. It's a few sentences of his voice, taen from the recordings, with some backing I played on keyboard and bass, with a drum machine and some synthesised alto sax and strings. The chord sequence is taken from Duke Ellington's "Flaming Sword", and the background strings are playing "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" - if you're interested!

"Jelly Roll Morton"