Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 8 minutes ago
Another one of Cook's rolls for Abbey records. Yes, it is painfully awkward. Ignore that for the amazing playing! The record indicates that Cook himself composed the piece, though I'm not sure.
J. Lawrence Cook was QRS piano roll's chief arrangers between the early/mid '20's all the way to the '70s. He got his start when, upon ragtime and jazz composer Eubie Blake's advice, he moved to New York and attracted the attention of QRS by making homemade piano rolls. His recording output is said to have been between 10,000-20,000 rolls. In the late 1940s, Cook made a number of special rolls to be recorded by the Abbey record company. These were then plugged into a player piano, with a drummer and woodblock providing accompaniment, while Cook himself operated the pianola. Another great one from the king of the piano roll!
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Another one of Cook's rolls for Abbey records. Yes, it is painfully awkward. Ignore that for the amazing playing! The record indicates that Cook himself composed the piece, though I'm not sure.
J. Lawrence Cook was QRS piano roll's chief arrangers between the early/mid '20's all the way to the '70s. He got his start when, upon ragtime and jazz composer Eubie Blake's advice, he moved to New York and attracted the attention of QRS by making homemade piano rolls. His recording output is said to have been between 10,000-20,000 rolls. In the late 1940s, Cook made a number of special rolls to be recorded by the Abbey record company. These were then plugged into a player piano, with a drummer and woodblock providing accompaniment, while Cook himself operated the pianola. Another great one from the king of the piano roll!
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