King Porter Stomp

Jelly Roll Morton · 1923 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Morton claims to have written this piece well before recording it as a piano solo in 1923; he presented it as the first "stomp" in jazz. Fletcher Henderson made an arrangement of it that Benny Goodman recorded in 1935 (Victor, with Bunny Berigan): its success made it a big-band swing standard.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to New Orleans jazz, Ragtime. Among the origins and influences of New Orleans jazz: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Afro-diasporic roots, Ragtime, New Orleans.

Cited in 1 radio episode

• Sep 15, 2026: KING PORTER STOMP - ON N'ARRÊTE PAS LE PROGRÈS (Anatomie d'un titre, TSF Jazz, in French)

By the same artist

• Black Bottom Stomp (1926)

Sources

• EN: King Porter Stomp
• folkways.si.edu

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