DESCRIPTION:
Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton born Ferdinand Lamothe New Orleans 20 Oct. 1885-Los Angeles 10 July 1941
Rec 12 May 1925 St.Louis disc OKeh 8404-B matrix 9661-A
Band: W.Barnes cl/ts)-unknown cn/as/tb/dr-Jelly Roll Morton p.
It was common for a recording company to hire a portable studio. The equipment would be brought in by rail and set up in a hotel suite or some other rented space to record artists who were performing in St. Louis at the time