About This Song
About "Cannon Ball Blues (Take 1)" by Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
Jelly Roll Morton's 1926 piano rolls like a cannonball through a parlor. Take 1 captures the Red Hot Peppers at their most combustible: clarinet wails, cornet struts, and a rhythm section that never apologizes. The blues here isn't sad—it's a dare.
