Black Bottom Stomp

"Black Bottom Stomp"
Song by Red Hot Peppers
Published	1925
Genre	Jazz
Composer(s)	Jelly Roll Morton

"Black Bottom Stomp" is a jazz composition. It was composed by Jelly Roll Morton in 1925 and was originally entitled "Queen of Spades". It was recorded in Chicago by Morton and His Red Hot Peppers, for Victor Records on September 15, 1926.

The recording has many features that are typical of the New Orleans style:

John Szwed notes that in "Black Bottom Stomp," "Morton practiced what he preached, managing to incorporate in one short piece the 'Spanish tinge,' stomps, breaks, stoptime, backbeat, two-beat, four-beat, a complete suspension of the rhythm section during the piano solo, riffs, rich variations of melody, and dynamics of volume, all of the elements of jazz as he understood it."

The harmonic basis is relatively simple, using standard II - V - I progressions. During the A section chorus, the chord progression passes through the relative minor.

With only seven instruments in the ensemble, Morton produces five distinct textures:

The piece displays traits of Morton's compositional style:

Some distinct rhythmic features of New Orleans jazz appear throughout:

The performers on the original recording were:

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