Listening Chart

Jelly Roll Morton, "Wolverine Blues" Prentice Hall Jazz Collection

Recorded in 1927 Track 1

Jelly Roll Morton (piano), Johnny Dodds (clarinet), Baby Dodds (drums)

Style: New Orleans Form: AABA

Introduction
0:00 4 Bars (16 Beats) Piano Solo: Jello Roll
Morton; Builds up to the
first melody.
0:05 A (32) First melody begins. Upbeat
sound in Major mode.
0:15 A (32)
0:22 B (32) Major mode. Different
melody
0:32 A (32)
1:14 Snappy high tempo melody

1st Chorus Main Melody

1:36 Clarinet (Johnny Dodds) and

Drum (Baby Dodds) kicks in
(Symbols and high hat only). Piano
provides a background figure
(homophony).

2:02 Piano returns as a polyphony

2:12 Drums change, slower beat.

2:26 Piano plays a transitional

‘solo.’
2:28 Clarinet returns to provide a
polyphony melody to the
piano. Drums also return.
2:46 Drums provide a fast paced
bongo sound and piano
moves down an octave for a
slightly darker sound.
3:00 Clarinet provides a transition
to the final part of the piece.

Coda

3:02 Piano returns to a lighter

sound, on octave higher, to
finish up the piece.