Music for Pianos
Music for Pianos
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
Each tune on every page is available as a collection  | |||
Composition/Composer | Music for Pianos MP3 | Sheet Music | All time greatest music at AMAZON, CD's DVD's and Music Books |
| 18th Street Strut Bennie Moten and Bartley Costello Played by J.L.C as Fats Waller (2'46)  |  $0.99 |  |  |
| A Huggin' and A Chalkin' Played by J.L.C as Pep Doyle Clancy Hayes & Kermit Goell (1'48) | $0.99 |  |  |
A Lane in Spain | $0.99 |  |  |
| A Little Bit Independent Edgar Leslie Played by J.L.C as Fats Waller (2'49) | $0.99 |  | ![Mellow Medleys [Audio Cassette]](20100501/41fsZikAOeL._SL500_AA300_.jpg) |
| A Walk in the Black Forest (I walk with you) Horst Jankowski (3'05) | $0.99 |  |  |
| Aba Daba Honeymoon Arthur Fields & Walter Donaldson (2'14) | $0.99 |  |  |
| Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer (1'51) | $0.99 |  |  |
| After You've Gone Henry Creamer & Leyton Turner (2'04) | $0.99 |  |  |
| Ain't Misbehavin Fats Waller; Harry Brooks, Andy Raaf, (1'58) | $0.99 |  |  |
| Alabama Jubilee Geo. L.Cobb (1'49) | $0.99 |  |  |
| Alabamy Bound Ray Henderson; B.G. DeSylva; Bud Green (2'49) | $0.99 |  |  |
| Alexanders Ragtime Band Irving Berlin (1'52) | $0.99 | |  |
All or Nothing at All | $0.99 |  |  |
| All that meat and no potatoes Fats Waller Played by J.L.C as Fats Waller (2'50) | $0.99 |  |  |
| Amica Convention Souvenir 1982 (Stardust, Harvest Moon etc) (5'07) | $0.99 |  |  |
| Anchors Aweigh Chas. A Zimmerman Played by J.L.C as Walter Redding (2'29) | $0.99 | |  |
| At a Georgia Camp Meeting Kerry Mills (3'09) | $0.99 |  |  |
| At the Jazz Band Ball Larry Shields and Nick LaRocca (2'14) | $0.99 |  |  |
| Back Water Blues Bessie Smith (2'36) | $0.99 |  | |
| Ballin' the Jack James Henry Burris & Chris Smith (2'23) | $0.99 | |  |
| J.L. Cook mp3 Collection No 1 (51 mins) | $7.50 |  | Jazz Era Music |
| J.L. Cook Piano Rolls zip MIDI Collection 224 Songs (9 hours 12 mins) |  $40.00 |  | Jazz Era Books |
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