| Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord | ||||
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| Released | September 7, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | January 12–13, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 61:01 | |||
| Label | Columbia/Sony Classical | |||
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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]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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]
All tracks are written by Jelly Roll Morton except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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 Gonzales | 4:40 |
| 11. | "Smoke-House Blues" | Jelly Roll Morton, Charles Luke | 4:51 |
| 12. | "Bill Goat Stomp" | 2:58 | |
| 13. | "Courthouse Stomp" | 3:28 | |
| 14. | "Black Bottom Stomp" | 4:20 | |
| 15. | "Tom Cat Blues" | 2:09 |