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According to the Internet source given below, Jelly Roll [Ferdinand] Morton was Black American jazz composer and pianist. Raised in New Orleans he was influenced early by the jazz pianist-composer Tony Jackson. By 1911 the jazz pianist James Price Johnson had heard him play his "Jelly Roll Blues" in New York and considered his style advanced for its time; the piece being published two years later Chicago. In 1913 Morton was in St. Louis and then he lived in Los Angeles from 1917 to 1922 enjoying great success.
He then started a remarkable recording career spanning 1923 until 1957. He was the first significant jazz composer.
List of Ferdinand Morton's works.
Sheet Music:
Recorder sheet music at SheetMusicPlus.com
Further sheet music at DBE:
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Websites:
MORTON, FERDINAND BIOGRAPHY by www.naxos.com.
MORTON, FERDINAND BIOGRAPHY by www.naxos.com.
Ragtime Music CDs:
John Arpin on "Kings of Ragtime"
Paul Asaro on "Parlor Piano Solos"
Sydney Bechet on "The Creole Prodigy"
Sydney Bechet on "Les Oignons"
Ton Van Bergeyk on "Black & Tan Fantasy"
Ton Van Bergeyk on "Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Mark Birnbaum on "Hot Piano! Ragtime Blues Jazz Classical Mark Birnbaum"
Mimi Blais on "Once Upon a Rag Time"
Claude Bolling on "Original Blues" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling on "Original Ragtime" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling on "Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Dave Dallwitz on "Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Bob Darch on "Reunion in Ragtime"
Matthew Davidson on "Sugar's Nightmare"
Matthew Davidson on "Voodoo Queen: Piano Rags, Jazz and Blues"
"Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "Syncopated Safari"
"Perfessor" Bill Edwards on "The Two Sides of Perfessor Bill"
Marco Fumo on "Last Time Rag: Joplin - Morton et al"
Tom Hazelton on "Ragtime's Greatest Hits"
Paul Hersh on "The Great Ragtime Classics"
Dick Hyman on "Forgotten Dreams: Archives of Novelty Piano (1920's-1930's)" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James P. Johnson on "Carolina Shout" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James P. Johnson on "Harlem Stride Piano"
James P. Johnson on "Harlem Stride Piano 1921-1929"
James P. Johnson on "Hot Piano"
James P. Johnson on "James P. Johnson 1921-28"
James P. Johnson on "James P. Johnson 1944 Vol. 2"
Sue Keller on "Wild Women Don't Have The Blues" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Scott Kirby on "Bucktown in the 90's"
George Lewis on "George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 01"
George Lewis on "George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 02"
Paul Lingle on "Live at the Jug Club"
Paul Lingle on "They Tore My Playhouse Down" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Johnny Maddox on "Dixieland Blues" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "American Roots Music: Ragtime"
Various Artists on "Best Ragtime Album Ever"
Various Artists on "Black & Proud"
Various Artists on "Classic Ragtime: Roots and Offshoots"
Various Artists on "Cotton Club: A Nostalgic Collection"
Various Artists on "Good Time Jazz Story"
Various Artists on "The Greatest Jazz, Blues and Ragtime of the Century" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "The Greatest Ragtime of the Century" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "Honky Tonk Piano"
Various Artists on "New Orleans Masters"
Various Artists on "Rags to Rhythms"
Various Artists on "Ragtime"
Various Artists on "Ragtime Hard To Find Classics"
Various Artists on "Ragtime Memories"
Various Artists on "Ragtime's Greatest Hits"
Various Artists on "The Riverside History of Classic Jazz"
Various Artists on "Spirit of Ragtime"
Various Artists on "That Devilin' Tune" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists on "The Traditional Jazz Ragtime Collection"
Jelly Roll Morton on "The Chronological Jelly Morton (1930-1939)" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Jelly Roll Morton on "The Original Mr. Jelly Lord"
Peter Muir on "Spontaneous Ragtime"
New England Ragtime Ensemble on "The Art of the Rag"
New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra on "Creole Belles" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra on "New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra"
Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra on "Echoes from the Snowball Club"
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra on "More Candy"
John W. "Knocky" Parker on "Complete Works of Jelly Roll Morton"
David Thomas Roberts on "Best of New Orleans Ragtime Piano" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Marcus Roberts on "Alone With Three Giants" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Marcus Roberts on "As Serenity Approaches"
Marcus Roberts on "Blues for the New Millenium" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Wally Rose on "Ragtime Classics"
Willie 'The Lion' Smith on "Lion Roars: His Greatest 1934-44"
St. Louis Ragtimers on "The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 1"
St. Louis Ragtimers on "The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 2"
St. Louis Ragtimers on "The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 3"
Adam Swanson on "Chestnut St. in the 90s" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Butch Thompson on "Butch Thompson Plays Jelly Roll Morton Piano Solos" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Butch Thompson on "Butch Thompson's King Oliver Centennial Band"
Butch Thompson on "Chicago Breakdown 88's"
Butch Thompson on "Good Old New York 88's"
Butch Thompson on "Lincoln Avenue Blues"
Butch Thompson on "Lincoln Avenue Express"
Butch Thompson on "Live at Illiana"
Butch Thompson on "Minnesota Wonder 88's"
Butch Thompson on "New Orleans Joys 88's"
Trebor Jay Tichenor on "Ragtime Reunion"
Trebor Jay Tichenor on "The Tichenor Family Trio"
Trebor Jay Tichenor on "Wild Flower Rag"
Dave Tucker on "Tickled Ragtime & Novelties" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Al Turk on "The Complete Recordings 1924-1926: Chicago Rhythm/Hot Dance and Ragtime"
Terry Waldo on "Hot House Rag"
Terry Waldo on "Ragtime Classics Vol. 2"
Brent Watkins on "The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 1" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ron Weatherburn on "Ragtime Piano and Beyond"
Tommy Yetta on "Tommy Yetta: New Orleans Jazz: Autographed (signed): Vinyl LP"
Brass Music CDs:
Canadian Brass on "Ain't Misbehavin' and Other Fats Waller Hits"
Canadian Brass on "Canadian Brass"
Canadian Brass on "The Canadian Brass Greatest Hits" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Canadian Brass on "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Canadian Brass on "Ragtime!" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Canadian Brass on "Red Hot Jazz: The Dixieland..."
Eastern Brass Quintet on "Ragtime"
Empire Brass on "Braggin' in Brass" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Ensembles on "Super Jazz-Best of New Orleans" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
South Shore Circus Concert Band on "Sounds of the Circus - Volume 25" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)