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Artist: Jelly Roll Morton
Author: Ferdinand Morton
Label: Gennett
Year: 1923
The year after with King Oliver on Autograph and later also for Vocalion as King Porter Stomp. Considers this tune as his own since he played in Mobile, AL as a rival of the real King Porter: Porter King, a piano prodigy from Florida. Still according to Mr. Jelly Roll, Porter King was particularly interested in this tune, so he gave it this title.
Covers:
Fletcher Henderson [as King Porter Stomp, also as New King Porter Stomp in '32]
Louis Armstrong [idem]
Benny Goodman [idem; with Bunny Berigan on trumpet and Gene Krupa on drums; follows Fletcher Henderson's bigband arrangement, hailed as the real kick off for swing and the deadringer for the Jelly Roll style on the side]
Georgie Fame [with Sylvia Vrethammer; all as King Porter Stomp]
Manhattan Transfer [as Stomp Of King Porter]
Ragtime classic and swing classic all the same.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)