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Austin Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. On the draft card, shown below, he gave his present occupation as “Candy Maker” and his employer’s name and place of employment as the Novelty Candy Co., 212 E. He gave his permanent home address as 6223 Loomis Blvd. Lawrence Cook registered for the WWI Draft on 12th September 1918. He tried for a better job in a large drugstore as a photographer’s helper but was refused because of his colour. At the same time, he held another job working a few hours in the evening as a waiter. His second job was unloading cars at the International Harvester Company. He thought his co-workers believed he did not fit in, and they gave a bad report about him. His first job was as a car washer on the midnight shift in a garage. Laney Comprehensive High School, now occupies the site at Laney Walker Boulevard (formerly Gwinnett Street).Īfter leaving Augusta he travelled to Chicago. The school was then located at 1329 Gwinnett Street, Augusta, Georgia, and was founded in 1883 by the noted Afro-American educator Lucy Craft Laney.Īlthough the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute no longer exists, another educational complex, the Lucy C. In 1914 Lawrence entered Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, a boarding school, in the Tenth Grade.

A sign has been erected in the park in memory of Jacob L. On a visit to Athens, Alan Wallace went down Cook Drive (off Church Street) and came across a small City Park where the “J. Cook, his wife Zella, daughter Amelia and son Lawrence. Census for Athens, Tennessee, dated 5th June 1900, and listed are details for Jacob L. He went on to become the most famous name in the history of the music roll industry. He was orphaned before his fourth birthday and raised by relatives who introduced him to music. Jean Lawrence Cook was born in Athens, Tennessee on 14th July 1899. After looking through the vast list of music rolls that were issued under his name, I decided to try and contact him personally so that I could discover more about his remarkable music career. It came as a complete surprise, when years later, I saw his name in a 1972 QRS Music Roll catalogue. Carew, owner of the Tempo-Music Publishing Company, which was run from Carew’s home at 818 Quintana Place, N.W., Washington 11, D.C. Lawrence had transcribed a number of Jelly Roll Morton’s performances for Roy J. Lawrence Cook in the early 1950s when I saw his name in Alan Lomax’s book Mister Jelly Roll. Max Kortlander : King of the Player Piano by Lee Barnett Lawrence Cook : 1972 AMICA International Convention Speech

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Lawrence Cook and Max Kortlander : “You Asked For It” TV Show Lawrence Cook on Jelly Roll Morton by Butch Thompson Lawrence Cook by Bob Berkman of QRS Music Rolls

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The International Musician : Professional Piano Pointers An Autobiography of the Early Years 1899 - 1922

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