Ferdinand Morton (1885-1941)

Overview

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.

Websites:

Jelly Roll Morton

Biography by wikipedia.org.

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Books:
	F. Morton
	Jelly's Blues:	Howard Reich, William Gaines
	Original Jelly Roll Blues: Jelly Roll Morton	William J. Schafer

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Folk Music CDs:
Johnny Handle	Six of the Best - Ragtime Piano Music
Brass Music CDs:
Canadian Brass	Ain't Misbehavin' and Other Fats Waller Hits
Canadian Brass	Canadian Brass
Canadian Brass	The Canadian Brass Greatest Hits	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Canadian Brass	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Canadian Brass	Ragtime!	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Canadian Brass	Red Hot Jazz: The Dixieland...
Empire Brass	Braggin' in Brass	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
South Shore Circus Concert Band	Sounds of the Circus - Volume 25	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Eastern Brass Quintet	Ragtime
Jazz Music CDs:
⇑Ferdinand Morton	The Chronological Jelly Morton (1930-1939)	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ferdinand Morton	The Original Mr. Jelly Lord
Turk Murphy	Euphonic Sounds
Turk Murphy	Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Performers	Super Jazz-Best of New Orleans	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Nat Gonella	The Nat Gonella Collection 1930-62
Jack Teagarden	Time for T: Classic Big Band Recordings from the Swing Era
Stumptown Jazz	Hot Time in the Old Town
Sidney Bechet	100 Ans de Jazz	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Sidney Bechet	The Creole Prodigy
Sidney Bechet	Les Oignons
⇑Chris Barber	The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection
Dick Charlesworth	The City Gent
Dick Charlesworth	Dick Charlesworth & His City Gents
Ragtime Music CDs:
Ted Lewis	Is Everybody Happy?: Ted Lewis and His Band
Various Artists	American Roots Music: Ragtime
Various Artists	Best Ragtime Album Ever
Various Artists	Black & Proud
Various Artists	Classic Ragtime: Roots and Offshoots
Various Artists	Cotton Club: A Nostalgic Collection
Various Artists	Good Time Jazz Story
Various Artists	The Greatest Jazz, Blues and Ragtime of the Century	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑Various Artists	The Greatest Ragtime of the Century	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Honky Tonk Piano
Various Artists	New Orleans Masters
Various Artists	Rags to Rhythms
Various Artists	Ragtime
Various Artists	Ragtime Hard To Find Classics
Various Artists	Ragtime Memories
Various Artists	Ragtime's Greatest Hits
Various Artists	The Riverside History of Classic Jazz
Various Artists	Spirit of Ragtime
Various Artists	That Devilin' Tune	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑Various Artists	The Traditional Jazz Ragtime Collection
John Arpin	Kings of Ragtime
New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra	New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
David Thomas Roberts	Best of New Orleans Ragtime Piano	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling	Original Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling	Original Ragtime	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Claude Bolling	Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Dave Dallwitz	Hooked on Ragtime - Vol. 1	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Robert R. Darch	Reunion in Ragtime
Ophelia Ragtime Orchestra	Echoes from the Snowball Club
Tom Hazelton	Ragtime's Greatest Hits
⇑Tommy Yetta	Tommy Yetta: New Orleans Jazz: Autographed (signed): Vinyl LP
Paul Asaro	Parlor Piano Solos
Wally Rose	Ragtime Classics
Dave Tucker	Tickled Ragtime & Novelties	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	Carolina Shout	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Price Johnson	Harlem Stride Piano
James Price Johnson	Harlem Stride Piano 1921-1929
James Price Johnson	Hot Piano
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1921-28
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1944 Vol. 2
Marcus Roberts	Alone With Three Giants	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑Marcus Roberts	As Serenity Approaches
Marcus Roberts	Blues for the New Millenium	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Paul Lingle	Live at the Jug Club
Paul Lingle	They Tore My Playhouse Down	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Trebor Jay Tichenor	Ragtime Reunion
Trebor Jay Tichenor	The Tichenor Family Trio
Trebor Jay Tichenor	Wild Flower Rag
Mimi Blais	Once Upon a Rag Time
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra	More Candy	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ron Weatherburn	Ragtime Piano and Beyond
Willie 'The Lion' Smith	Lion Roars: His Greatest 1934-44
⇑Marco Fumo	Last Time Rag: Joplin - Morton et al
Matthew Davidson	Sugar's Nightmare
Matthew Davidson	Voodoo Queen: Piano Rags, Jazz and Blues
Ton Van Bergeyk	Black & Tan Fantasy
Ton Van Bergeyk	Famous Ragtime Guitar Solos	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
New England Ragtime Ensemble	The Art of the Rag
St. Louis Ragtimers	The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 1
St. Louis Ragtimers	The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 2
St. Louis Ragtimers	The St. Louis Ragtimers: Volume 3
Brent Watkins	The Heroes of Parlor Town - Volume 1	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Terry Waldo	Hot House Rag
⇑Terry Waldo	Ragtime Classics Vol. 2
Mark Birnbaum	Hot Piano! Ragtime Blues Jazz Classical Mark Birnbaum
Sue Keller	Wild Women Don't Have The Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
John W. "Knocky" Parker	Complete Works of Jelly Roll Morton
George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 01
George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 02
Al Turk	The Complete Recordings 1924-1926: Chicago Rhythm/Hot Dance and Ragtime
Peter Muir	Spontaneous Ragtime
Scott Kirby	Bucktown in the 90's
Butch Thompson	Butch Thompson Plays Jelly Roll Morton Piano Solos	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Butch Thompson	Butch Thompson's King Oliver Centennial Band
⇑Butch Thompson	Chicago Breakdown 88's
Butch Thompson	Good Old New York 88's
Butch Thompson	Lincoln Avenue Blues
Butch Thompson	Lincoln Avenue Express
Butch Thompson	Live at Illiana
Butch Thompson	Minnesota Wonder 88's
Butch Thompson	New Orleans Joys 88's
Paul Hersh	The Great Ragtime Classics
Adam Swanson	Chestnut St. in the 90s	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Dick Hyman	Forgotten Dreams: Archives of Novelty Piano (1920's-1930's)	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Johnny Maddox	Dixieland Blues	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑"Perfessor" Bill Edwards	Syncopated Safari
"Perfessor" Bill Edwards	The Two Sides of Perfessor Bill

Jazz

Sheet Music

Recorder Sheet Music

Jelly Roll Blues (D/D/A/T/B)

Score and Parts.
Level: 5 - Very Difficult.
Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00073)

Milenberg Joys (D/A/T/T/B)

Score and Parts.
Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00122)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 93 works by Ferdinand Morton (1885-1941). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Key: Electronic Resource Items

1902 ca.-1924 ca.

Title	Year	Co-Author	Words By	Remarks


Winin' Boy Blues	1902 ca.
Crazy Chord Rag	1904
Game Kid Blues	1904
Buddy Bertrand's Blues	1905
Frog-I-More Rag	1906 ca.	a.k.a. Froggie Moore, Sweetheart o' Mine: copyright 1918
Shreveport Stomp	1907 ca.
Jelly Roll Blues	1915	a.k.a. Original Jelly Roll Blues, Chicago Blues
The Original Jelly Roll Blues	1915
Superior Rag	1915 ca.
Bert Williams	1922 ca.	copyright 1948
Big Foot Ham	1923	a.k.a. Big Fat Ham, Ham and Eggs
Grandpa's Spells	1923
Kansas City Stomp	1923
London Blues	1923	a.k.a. London Cafe Blues, Shoe Shiner's Drag
Mr. Jelly Lord	1923
⇑ The Pearls	1923
Wolverine Blues	1923	a.k.a. The Wolverines
King Porter Stomp	1923 ca.
Mama'nita	1924 ca.	copyright 1949
The Perfect Rag	1924 ca.	a.k.a. Sporting House Rag copyright 1939

1925-1928

Title	Year	Co-Author	Words By	Remarks


Midnight Mama	1925	a.k.a. Tom Cat Blues
Milenburg Joys	1925
New Orleans Blues	1925	a.k.a. New Orleans Joys
Tom Cat Blues	1925	a.k.a. Midnight Mama
Black Bottom Stomp	1926	a.k.a. Queen of Spades
Cannon Ball Blues	1926
Chicago Breakdown	1926
Dead Man Blues	1926
Sidewalk Blues	1926
State and Madison	1926
Stratford Hunch	1926	a.k.a. Chicago Breakdown
Billy Goat Stomp	1927
Ham and Eggs	1927
Hyena Stomp	1927
Jungle Blues	1927
⇑ Wild Man Blues	1927	a.k.a. Ted Lewis Blues
Boogaboo	1928
Buffalo Blues	1928	a.k.a. Mister Joe
Georgia Swing	1928
Mister Joe	1928	a.k.a. Buffalo Blues

1928 ca.-1938 ca.

Title	Year	Co-Author	Words By	Remarks


Deep Creek Blues	1928 ca.
Red Hot Pepper	1928 ca.
Freakish	1929
Seattle Hunch	1929
Burnin' the Iceberg	1929 ca.
Frances	1929 ca.	a.k.a. Fat Frances - copyright 1931
Pep	1929 ca.	copyright 1931
Pretty Lil	1929 ca.
Turtle Twist	1929 ca.
Ponchatrain	1930	a.k.a. Pontchartrain Blues
Dixie Knows	1931
Fickle Fay Creep	1931	a.k.a. Soap Suds
Gambling Jack	1932
Crazy Chords	1932 ca.
Sweet Peter	1933
⇑ My Home Is in a Southern Town	1936
Sweet Substitute	1938
Creepy Feeling	1938 ca.	copyright 1944
Jazz Jamboree	1938 ca.
Spanish Swat	1938 ca.	copyright 1948

1939-?

Title	Year	Co-Author	Words By	Remarks


Anamule Dance	1939
Buddy Bolden's Blues	1939
The Crave	1939
I'm Alabama Bound	1939
The Naked Dance	1939
Albert Carrol's Blues	1948
Honky Tonk Music	1948 ca.	copyright 1948
Buddy Carter's Rag	1949
Finger Breaker	1975	aka Finger Buster
Big Lip Blues	?
Chicago Blues	?	a.ka.a Jelly Roll Blues
Courthouse Bump	?
Don't You Leave Me Here	?
Each Day	?
Exit Gloom	?
⇑ Fussy Mabel	?
Good Old New York	?
I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say	?	a.k.a. Buddy Bolden's Blues
If Someone Would Only Love Me	?
If You Don't Shake	?	a.k.a. Mama's Got a Baby

Title	Year	Co-Author	Words By	Remarks


If You Knew How I Love You	?
Little Lawrence	?
Load of Coal	?
Mama's Got a Baby	?		a.k.a. Tee Nah Nah/ If You Don't Shake
Primrose Stomp	?
Queen of Spades	?		a.k.a Black Bottom Stomp
Shoe Shiner's Drag	?		a.k.a. London Blues
Smiling the Blues Away	?
Sporting House Rag	?		a.k.a. Perfect Rag
Sweet Anita Mine	?
Sweetheart O' Mine	?	John C. Spikes, Benjamin F. Spikes	a.k.a. Froggie Moore
Tank Town Bump	?
Why?	?

Videos

	Title	Dur	Composer	Performer	Score/Song


The Jelly Roll Blues	2:52	F. Morton	Ragtime Dorian Henry
New Orleans Blues	2:22	F. Morton	Ragtime Dorian Henry
The Crave - Jelly Roll Morton (Original Version)	4:82	F. Morton	Ferdinand Morton