About This Song
About "Mamie's Blues" by Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton's 'Mamie's Blues' is a solo piano meditation, its rolling left hand and crystalline right-hand runs evoking a quiet, rain-streaked window. The mood is tender but tinged with regret, a wistful portrait of a woman whose laughter hides a deeper sorrow. Morton's touch is both precise and achingly human.