Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton (1890-1941) was the first great jazz artist - a composer, pianist and bandleader. His wide-ranging tastes and diverse influences shaped all his compositions. This is a complete edition of 'Jelly Roll' Morton's work, containing every piece he ever published or recorded as a piano solo. Compiled by James Dapogny, this vast book also contains a biography, a chronological list of compositions, illustrations and notes on each piece.

Contents

• Black Bottom Stomp
• New Orleans Blues
• Dead Man Blues
• Chicago Breakdown
• Frog-I-More Rag
• Grandpa's Spells
• Jelly Roll Blues
• King Porter Stomp
• Mr. Jelly-Lord
• Shreveport Stomp(Jelly--Morton)
• Wolverine Blues
• Cannonball Blues
• Tom Cat Blues
• Kansas City Stomps
• London Blues
• Mamanita (Morton)
• Big Foot Ham
• Perfect Rag(Sporting House Rag)
• Billy Goat Stomp (Morton)
• Wild Man Blues (Ted Lewis Blues)
• Georgia Swing (Morton)
• Boogaboo (Morton)
• Seattle Hunch (Morton)
• Frances (Fat Frances) Morton
• Dixie Knows
• Fickle Fay Creep (Soap Suds)
• Jungle Blues (Morton)
• Sweet Peter (Morton)
• Hyena Stomp
• State And Madison (Morton)
• Bert Williams (Morton)
• Freakish (Morton)
• Pep (Morton)
• Creepy Feeling (Morton)
• Spanish Swat (Morton)
• Pearls,The (Morton)
• Fingerbuster (Fingerbreaker)
• Honky Tonk Music (Morton)
• The Crave
• Mister Joe (Buffalo Blues)