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Jelly Roll Morton
Publicity photograph, probably taken in Chicago, 1927

This photograph was first published in Victor Record Review (1939), Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 8-11, together with an article by Charles Edward Smith on the Jelly-Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen 1939 Bluebird sessions. [14] Smith later used it in 1945 for his booklet for Morton’s Victor album HJ-5.

Shown in Mr. Jelly Lord (1980) by Laurie Wright, page 215. Not shown in Oh, Mister Jelly (1999) edited by William Russell.

courtesy of Ate van Delden

© 2004 Ate van Delden Collection

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