About This Song
About "Climax Rag" by Jell Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen
A ragtime rollercoaster, 'Climax Rag' builds its staircase of syncopation with gleeful precision. Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen treat the title as a dare, each chorus climbing higher until the horns threaten to topple. Beneath the joy, a faint unease: the peak is always followed by the fall.