This version of Jelly Roll Morton’s classic “Wild Man Blues” by jazz clarinetist Johnny Dodds (1892-1940) and his Chicago Boys is my absolute favorite ever; its melody is a New Orleans blues if ever there was one, bub. He recorded this tune several times in the course of his career, all different takes with different approaches to the solos and the arrangements. This one is from a 1938 New York session and features the New Orleans legend towards the very end of his life still playing with so much energy and so much feeling for a song which was “a hit” for him and which he presumably played very often until his premature end. He died in 1940 leaving a tremendous legacy of music and recordings, and this is one of those songs which I will always love and never forget.
Thank you, Mr. Dodds, for this little heart & joy that you left the world.
Time Travel at 78rpms 
July 3, 2018 at 5:01 pm
This is great Konstantin. Reminded me of the time I watched all of Ken Burns Jazz. Not long before I met your ma Vesna. Enjoyed this one.
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On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 10:45 PM, Time Travel at 78rpms wrote:
> Konstantin posted: “This version of Jelly Roll Morton’s classic “Wild Man > Blues” by jazz clarinetist Johnny Dodds (1892-1940) and his Chicago Boys is > my absolute favorite ever; its melody is a New Orleans blues if ever there > was one, bub. He recorded this tune several times ” >
July 3, 2018 at 9:54 pm
Hey Natalie, so glad you liked this one, what a tune! Johnny Dodds was certainly a giant of the clarinet and an under-appreciated genius.