Mechanical Music Digest  Archives
You Are Not Logged In Login/Get New Account
Please Log In. Accounts are free!
Logged In users are granted additional features including a more current version of the Archives and a simplified process for submitting articles.
Home Archives Calendar Gallery Store Links Info
MMD > Archives > February 1999 > 1999.02.22 > 07Prev  Next


Music Folio: Jelly Roll Morton Piano Rolls
By Robbie Rhodes

I just received Artis Wodehouse's latest product -- a new folio
of Jelly Roll Morton piano solos, which contains her note-for-note
sheet music transcriptions of these classic solo pieces from
the Vocalstyle piano rolls: Grandpa's Spells, King Porter Stomp,
London Blues, Original Jelly Roll Blues, Shreveport Stomps,
Stratford Hunch.

Pianist Butch Thompson ("Prairie Home Companion") contributed several
paragraphs of his warm personal views about Jelly:  "... Morton's way,
that wonderful combination of lyricism and down-home rhythm."  The Hal
Leonard web site < http://www.halleonard.com/ > says

  Jelly Roll Morton Piano Rolls - Artist Transcriptions -  $ 12.95 (US)
  Inventory # HL 672433 ; ISBN: 0793598877 ; UPC: 985280298 ; 72 pages

Hal Leonard Corp. also sells two other Morton collections, which I
think are the transcriptions by James Dapogny from the phono recordings
($35), and possibly some of the J. Lawrence Cook transcriptions from the
late 1930s and 40s ($9.95).  See the publishers web site for

  Jelly Roll Morton - Piano Music Of Jelly Roll Morton - Piano Collection
  - $35.00
  The Best Of Jelly Roll Morton - Piano Solo Composer Collection - $9.95

High-quality recuts of all the existent piano rolls made by Jelly Roll
Morton are available from BluesTone Music Rolls for $11 each.  For info
contact Rob DeLand <rdeland@wwa.com>.

Robbie Rhodes


(Message sent Tue 23 Feb 1999, 03:03:02 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

Key Words in Subject:  Folio, Jelly, Morton, Music, Piano, Roll, Rolls

Home    Archives    Calendar    Gallery    Store    Links    Info   


Enter text below to search the MMD Website with Google



CONTACT FORM: Click HERE to write to the editor, or to post a message about Mechanical Musical Instruments to the MMD

Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are those of the individual authors and may not represent those of the editors. Compilation copyright 1995-2024 by Jody Kravitz.

Please read our Republication Policy before copying information from or creating links to this web site.

Click HERE to contact the webmaster regarding problems with the website.

Please support publication of the MMD by donating online

Please Support Publication of the MMD with your Generous Donation

Pay via PayPal

No PayPal account required

                                     
Translate This Page