"Tin Roof Blues" - Kid Ory

"Tin Roof Blues" (PDF) from the Kid Ory album, Kid Ory Plays the Blues.

Additional transcriptions:
Delfeayo Marsalis - Kalamazoo

As documented by Riverwalk Jazz, the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, who formed in Chicago, performed "Tin Roof Blues" to honor the Tin Roof Cafe, a hotspot in the South Loop back in its day. The significance of the NORK was that they imported New Orleans music to Chicago, but as soon as jazz evolved into swing, that "old-timey" tailgate sound of Chicago-style jazz became irrelevant. If we are to use "Chicago-style" to accurately describe this city's contribution to jazz, then it would be more fitting to apply it to the creative music produced during the social and political turmoil of the 1960's through the 1980's, the gritty virtuosity based in Chicago gospel, blues, and soul music.

Recommended reading: Creole Trombone: Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz by John McCusker.  Published by University Press of Mississippi.