 Jelly Roll Morton (right) and unidentified companion
Photograph probably taken in California, c. 1920 Jelly Roll Morton is shown (right) in a street scene with an unknown companion standing next to an automobile with 1920 California number plate 242-515.
The photograph was first published in Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton: The Collected Piano Music (1982), following page 292. [6]
Not shown in Mr. Jelly Lord (1980) by Laurie Wright, or in Oh, Mister Jelly (1999) edited by William Russell. courtesy of Prof. James Dapogny
© 2004 Ate van Delden Collection
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