CD's as pianist:
     The Piano Music of Charles Ives
     The Piano Music of Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
Lp's and CD's as pianist-composer:
     Coincidences
     Solo Piano
     Out of Bounds
     Parts Unknown
     Remember
Lp's and CD's of Instrumental and/or electronic Compositions:
     Variations on a Theme by F. J. Haydn, for woodwind quintet and tape
     Omaggio a Jerry Lee Lewis, for tape
     Bolero for four percussionists
CD's of Miscellaneous Works:
     A Christmas Cantata for youth chorus and instruments
     Suite of Five Pieces in African American Musical Styles, for piano
     Ragged Times

Press reaction:
     Reviews of compositions
     Reviews of performances as pianist
     Complete Reviews of CD recordings as pianist:
          The Music of Charles Ives: Fanfare Magazine
            The Music of "Jelly Roll" Morton: Knoxville News Sentinel
            The Music of "Jelly Roll" Morton: Black in Radio, Internet Radio (versione Italiana)
            The Music of "Jelly Roll" Morton: "Sistema Musica", Turin, Italy (versione Italiana)

Complete Mp3's available on this site:
     As pianist:
          from The Piano Music of Charles Ives (CD)
                2° movement: "Hawthorne"
          from The Piano Music of Jelly Roll Morton (CD)
               "Finger Buster"
               "Freakish"
               "Grandpa's Spells"
               "Jelly Roll Blues"
               "Jungle Blues"
               "King Porter Stomp"
           from  rehearsal and "live" concert performance recordings:
               The music of George Gershwin
               Rhapsody in Blue, solo version by Zizzo-Trythall
               The music of Scott Joplin
               Maple Leaf Rag
               Euphonic Sounds
              Solace
               Magnetic Rag
               Zez Confrey
               Dizzy Fingers
            Performances in duo with Timothy Martin, tenor:
               Spirituals:
               Lit'l Boy
               Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child
               Songs by George Gershwin:
               S'Wonderful
               I Got Rhythm
               Folk Songs arranged by Aaron Copland:
               Simple Gifts
                I Bought Me a Cat

             Performance, Kranichsteiner Musikpreis, Darmstadt Festival, August 31, 1969
             Pierre Boulez: First Sonata
             Olivier Messiaen: Ile de Feu n° 1
             Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstück IX

Writings about American music:
     "The Piano Music of Charles Ives".
     "On the Transcription and Performance of J. R. Morton's piano music" (versione Italiana)
     "Jelly Roll Blues - Observations on Performance Practice".
     "Introductory notes for the CD: The Piano Music of Jelly Roll Morton"
     "Saturday night, Sunday morning"      (versione Italiana)
     "From Rags to Boogie Woogie".             (versione Italiana)
     "Anglo-Celtic music in the United States" (versione Italiana)
      "Tendenze della Musica Pianistica Americana nel XX Secolo"

Writings about Original compositions:
          Coincidences for piano
          Arabesque 2 for piano
          Parts Unknown for piano
          Bolero for four percussionists
          Verse for slides, film and tape
          Suite for harpsichord and tape
          Variations on a Theme by F. J. Haydn for woodwind quintet and tape
          Omaggio a Jerry Lee Lewis for stereo tape
          Salute to the '50's for solo percussion and tape
        Penelope's Monologue for Soprano and Orchestra
          Ballad for Piano and Orchestra

Transcriptions of Music by "Jelly Roll" Morton:
Complete Sheet music for Jelly Roll Morton's "Jelly Roll Blues"

Additional material on site:
          Knoxville Music History Mural (explanation)
          Letter to the editor: David Van Vactor

          Electronic Studio in 1970's (description)

          Marcello Piras: Essay for the CD, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton Piano Music

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