Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Bloom (Firm : Chicago, Ill.)

Description

1. <5> photoprints : silver gelatin, b&w; 21 x 26 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Portraits of jazz pianist and composer Jelly Roll Morton. There are views of Morton playing the piano, with his band the Red Hot Peppers, his business card and his record sheet. Full and quarter length portraits are included.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

1. Silver gelatin photoprints > 1920-1989
2. Jazz musicians > United States
3. Portrait photographs > 1920-1939
4. African American musicians
5. Pianos > 1930-1939
6. Group portraits > 1920-1939
7. Red Hot Peppers (Musical group)
8. Pianists > United States
9. Bands > 1920-1929
10. African American composers
11. Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941

Genre/Form

1. Portrait photographs – 1920-1939.
2. Group portraits – 1920-1939.
3. Silver gelatin photoprints – 1920-1989.

Call number

1. Sc Photo Morton, "Jelly Roll" Ferdinand

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.
2. Photographers include Bloom.
3. Some photographs bear captions; some have written descriptive information.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Title

1. "Jelly Roll" Ferdinand Morton portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

1. <1920?-1982?>

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local note

1. Negatives exist for some images.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Request Appointment

Added author

1. Bloom (Firm : Chicago, Ill.)

Research call number

1. Sc Photo Morton, "Jelly Roll" Ferdinand