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 J.Lawrence Cook Page


  

Jean Lawrence Cook (1899-1976) was the most prolific piano roll artist in history.  His output has been estimated between 10,000 and 20,000 different piano roll recordings.

Cook was born in Athens, Tennessee, the son of a preacher.  He was orphaned before his 4th birthday, and was raised by relatives who introduced him to music.  He went on to become the most famous name in the history of the piano roll industry.

Cook arrived in New York in March 1920 and recorded some rolls for the US Music Company.  In May 1923 he was engaged by the QRS Music Roll Company where he remained for nearly 50 years.

As a result of his prolific output he also used pseudonyms and some rolls were released under the names of Sid Laney, "Pep" Doyle, and Walter Redding.  He also produced some rolls that were marketed as being played by Fats Waller.

As most of the QRS rolls scanned by Terry Smythe  have a uniform dynamic, I have taken the opportunity to try and give a "live" feel to the files by editing the dynamics of the scanned rolls.  The original files can be found on the Rebirth Site.

MIDI Files recorded by J.Lawrence Cook or his pseudonyms

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Composition	Composer	Music for Pianos MIDI Collection	Music for Pianos MP3	Music for Pianos MP3	Sheet Music	All time Greatest albums at Amazon click image for CD's, MP3's and DVD's
18th Street Strut  Played by J.L.C  as Fats Waller (2'46)	Bennie Moten and Bartley Costello	MIDI Collection
A Huggin' and A Chalkin' Played by J.L.C as Pep Doyle (1'48)	Clancy Hayes & Kermit Goell	MIDI Collection
A Lane in Spain Played by J.L.C as Walter Redding   (3'01)	Lewis-Lombardo	MIDI Collection
A Little Bit Independent  Played by J.L.C as Fats Waller (2'49)	Edgar Leslie	MIDI Collection
A Walk in the Black Forest (I walk with you)  (3'05)	Horst Jankowski	MIDI Collection
Aba Daba Honeymoon   (2'14)	Arthur Fields & Walter Donaldson	MIDI Collection
Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive   (1'51)	Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer	MIDI Collection
After You've Gone    (2'04)	Henry Creamer & Leyton Turner	MIDI Collection
Ain't Misbehavin   (1'58)	Fats Waller; Harry Brooks, Andy Raaf,	MIDI Collection
Alabama Jubilee (1'49)	Geo. L.Cobb	MIDI Collection
Alabamy Bound   (2'49)	Ray Henderson; B.G. DeSylva; Bud Green	MIDI Collection
Alexanders Ragtime Band (1'52)	Irving Berlin	MIDI Collection
All or Nothing at All   (2'33)	Jack Lawrence, Arthur Altman	MIDI Collection
All that meat and no potatoes Played by J.L.C as Fats Waller   (2'50)	Fats Waller	MIDI Collection
Amica Convention Souvenir 1982 (Stardust,Harvest Moon etc)   (5'07)		MIDI Collection
Anchors Aweigh Played by J.L.C as Walter Redding (2'29)	Chas. A Zimmerman	MIDI Collection
At a Georgia Camp Meeting  (3'09)	Kerry Mills	MIDI Collection
At the Jazz Band Ball (2'14)	Larry Shields /Nick LaRocca	MIDI Collection
Back Water Blues  (2'36)	Bessie Smith	MIDI Collection
Ballin' the Jack  (2'23)	James Henry Burris & Chris Smith	MIDI Collection
J.L.Cook Piano Rolls zip MIDI Collection with full file composition titles and Composers Instant download (9 hours 12 mins)			MIDI Collection		Jazz Era Books	Jazz Era Music
J.L.Cook mp3 Collection No 1 (51 mins)