- “Sweet Mister Jelly Roll” is one of the pieces featured in Portraits of Jazz, a collection of twelve intermediate piano works by Valerie Capers. Each piece in the collection is associated with the style of a famous jazz musician, such as Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald.1
- This song was inspired by Jelly Roll Morton, a pioneer ragtime pianist and composer.
Sources
- Reina Krumvieda, “’Sweet Mister Jelly Roll,’ from Portraits in Jazz, by Valerie Capers,” Hidden Voices: Piano Music by Black Women Composers, University of Colorado Boulder, accessed August 3, 2022, https://www.colorado.edu/project/hidden-voices/2020/04/26/sweet-mister-jelly-roll-portraits-jazz-valerie-capers.
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