Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord

Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis that was released in 1999.[1][2] The album peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[3]

Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1999 (1999-09-07)
RecordedJanuary 12–13, 1999
GenreJazz
Length61:01
LabelColumbia/Sony Classical
Wynton Marsalis chronology
Sweet Release and Ghost Story
(1999)
Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord
(1999)
Listen to the Storytellers
(1999)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [5]
All About Jazz     [6]

In a review for AllMusic, Richard S. Ginell wrote: "This is mostly gutbucket, stomping, swinging New Orleans jazz through the eyes and ears of avid students of old records -- and they have absorbed a good deal of the original raffish, joyous feeling... The results are often hilarious, and certainly instructive."[4]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings noted that "Wynton's playing has rarely sounded so relaxed and so raw," and stated: "There is no attempt to lend these astonishing compositions any false grandeur; they have quite enough as it is."[5]

C. Michael Bailey of All About Jazz commented: "Marsalis is an acquired taste, to be sure, often coming off as too reverent for the music, but this recording is as near a perfect and genuinely heartfelt a performance as could be expected."[6]

Writing for Jazz Times, Willard Jenkins remarked: "the band does not address Jelly’s music as period pieces, but on Wynton's own terms; not as deconstructionist, but as reverent update. Hewing to the tradition of this music, while giving it a contemporary polish is no small feat, yet it is accomplished here with aplomb."[7]

Writing for Burning Ambulance, Phil Freeman stated: "As an album, Mr. Jelly Lord is a lot of fun. The band is clearly having a blast digging into these tunes, with Riley setting up a stomping, clashing parade rhythm and the horns engaging in raucous polyphony and call-and-response. Marsalis is often at his best when growling through a plunger mute, and his interaction with trombonist Gordon is terrific throughout."[8]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Jelly Roll Morton except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Red Hot Pepper" 3:41
2."New Orleans Bump" 4:32
3."King Porter Stomp" 3:10
4."The Pearls" 3:51
5."Deep Creek" 5:14
6."Mamanita" 2:48
7."Sidewalk Blues" 5:12
8."Jungle Blues" 6:50
9."Big Lip Blues" 3:17
10."Dead Man Blues"Jelly Roll Morton, Anita Gonzales4:40
11."Smoke-House Blues"Jelly Roll Morton, Charles Luke4:51
12."Bill Goat Stomp" 2:58
13."Courthouse Stomp" 3:28
14."Black Bottom Stomp" 4:20
15."Tom Cat Blues" 2:09

Personnel

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Credits adapted from AllMusic.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Wynton Marsalis Catalog". JazzDisco. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "Wynton Marsalis | Awards". AllMusic. 1961-10-18. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  4. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. "Wynton Marsalis: Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 952. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ a b Bailey, C. Michael (October 1, 1999). "Wynton Marsalis: Mr. Jelly Lord: Standard Time Volume 6". All About Jazz. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  7. ^ Jenkins, Willard (January 1, 2000). "Wynton Marsalis: Mr. Jelly Lord: Standard Time Vol. 6". Jazz Times. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  8. ^ Freeman, Phil (April 30, 2019). "Marsalis Standard Time". Burning Ambulance. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  9. ^ "Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord - Wynton Marsalis | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2017.