Morton, "Jelly Roll" - partial chronology to 1910 1890, New Orleans, October 20, birth of Ferdinand Joseph Lemott; baptized April 25, 1891 1895, New Orleans, First appearance in the New Orleans city directory of Adams, Monette, and Peche at 1443 N. Robertson 1897, Played guitar in string bands; such tunes as "Hot Time," "Bird in a Gilded Cage," ca. 1900, Hears piano soloist play ragtime at a party 1900, Adams, Monette, Peche, and Mouton families enumerated at 1443 N. Robertson 1901, New Orleans City Directory lists Mrs. Mamie Desdunes at 2328 Toledano, and Edward Hunter - laborer, at 2621 4th Street 1900, New Orleans, JRM lived four blocks from Robert Charles: "I was there when it all happened." (Charles lived at 2023 4th St. Cf. William Ivy Hair, Carnival of Fury [Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1976], p. 114.) 1901, New Orleans, Stayed with godmother, picked berries 1901, New Orleans, Last appearance at 1443 N. Robertson of an Adams, Monette, or Peche 1903, New Orleans, Mrs. Rachel D. Moment (his fraudulent piano teacher), 3231 S. Franklin (same address 1907 and 1910) 1905, Mother dies 1905/7, New Orleans, Works in Rampart St. barrelhouse, then as soloist around town for three years 1905, New Orleans, Works at Brooklyn Cooperage, wages raised from $3 to $15 per week; then pianist in tenderloin 1905, Copyright of Paul Dresser's "My Gal Sal: (one of JRM's first "transforms") 1905, New Orleans, March 7; hears Buddy Bolden's band at Jackson Hall; witnesses killing (June 15, 1902, also possible) 1906, Publication of "National Emblem" (Bagley and "Dixie Queen" (R. Hoffman), the latter very like Morton's "Mama's Got a Baby" of 1940. 1906, New Orleans, May; Grand Th. (cf. Lomax, p. 39) torn down to make way for Maison Blanche; goes to Biloxi. 1907, New Orleans, First hears Keppard; writes "Indian Blues" (N.O. Blues"?) 1907, Biloxi, July 30; Arthur Glover's "Flat Top" (cf. Lomax, p. 39) raided for gambling (the Georgia Skin Game); Hunt Harper and Will Avery arrested 1907, August 28; Lee Nelson and Mattie Bailey, two white women, fined for disorderly conduct (cf. Lomax, p. 40) 1907, New Orleans, End; Returns to New Orleans from Mobile during nationwide financial panic; encounter with Papa Sona; works at Hilma Burt's ("A depression was a good break for me, because I learned the band business.") 1907-8, Pensacola, Plays at Belmont Theater in piano-drum combo. N.B.: This theater opened in the fall of 1907 (F25 June 10). 1908, New Orleans, Taken by friends to the Frenchman's [implausible if had already played in the tenderloin] 1908/9, New Orleans, An inexperienced JRM works as a pianist for a few weeks with Big Eye Louis Delisle; perhaps about the same time with Bunk Johnson 1908, Biloxi, June 15; Ed and Laura Hunter (JRM's godmohter) charged with disorderly conduct for throwing bricks) 1908?, Leaves New Orleans, tours for a year with Will Benbow and is left in Misissippi (corrected from 1903) 1908, Biloxi, November 10; Lynching of Henry Leidy at Biloxi 1909, March 12; Lynching of Joseph Gordon at Greenwood, MS (corrected from 1903) 1909?, St. Louis, Piano-playing context won by Alfred Wilson (corrected from 1904; perhaps St. Louis 100th Anniversary) 1909, New Orleans, Publication of Bob Hoffman's "Alabama Bound" (Morton maintained the piece was stolen from him, see below) 1909, New Orleans, JRM returns to New Orleans from Gulfport; is helped to find work and lodging by R. M. Jones and Sullivan Spraul (possibly early 1908? Cf. L113-14)Ro early 1908? Cf. L113-14) 1910, Chicago, Plays briefly in Armant's "Symphony" and, at...