“Sweet Mister Jelly Roll” is approximately two pages long, and is inspired by Jelly Roll Morton, an American jazz and ragtime pianist. This is a ragtime piece, aiming to create in the simplest way possible the sound and style of ragtime piano. A student would learn more about this style, specifically where the left hand plays a simplified version of stride bass, is a left hand technique basic to ragtime and swing. It would be helpful for a student to become aurally familiar with Jelly Roll Morton’s work, in order to fully capture his influence within Sweet Mister Jelly Roll.
Portraits of Jazz by Valerie Capers is a collection of 12 early intermediate to intermediate jazz style pieces published in 1976 by Aztec Diaz-Tec 800, and Oxford University Press in 1992. These pieces are inspired by or dedicated to a particular jazz musician or singer
Valerie Capers was born in 1935, and was introduced to music through her father’s ties to Fats Waller (American Jazz Pianist), and her brother’s performances in the Mongo Santamaria Band. She received her early education at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind and graduated from the Juilliard School of Music, with Bachelors and Masters degrees. Capers brings a wide scope of pianistic styles and concepts to her playing, drawing from jazz idols and keyboard masters alike.
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