Frank Melrose

Frank Melrose

p, vn, 1907-1941 US, Sumner, Illinois
Musician of Jazz and Blues
A.k.a. Franklyn Taft Melrose Broadway Rastus

American jazz pianist, violinist and bandleader. Recorded with : Junie and Jimmie Cobb, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Bertrand, "Beale Street Washboard Band", "Windy Rhythm Kings", "Kansas City Tin Roof Stompers", "Cellar Boys" and as a leader. Born : November 26, 1907 in Sumner, Illinois. Died : September 01, 1941 in Hammond, Indiana. Brother of Walter Melrose and Lester Melrose

Instruments

Piano
Violin

Genres

Jazz
Blues
Pop

Plays With

Beale Street Washboard Band

Bud Jacobson's Jungle Kings

E. C. Cobb And His Corn-Eaters

Kansas City Tin Roof Stompers

The Cellar Boys

Thomas' Devils

Popular Tracks

Pass the Jug on Gennett Jazz - Good Time Mama by Various Artists

Piano Breakdown on Now That's Chicago by Various Artists

Jelly Roll Stomp on Gennett Jazz - Good Time Mama by Various Artists

Jelly Roll Stomp on A Piano Anthology by Various Artists

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Bluesiana	Frank Melrose	2006	Compil.
Piano Jazz Vol. 2: Barrel House And Boogie Woogie	Jelly Roll Morton, Mary Lou Williams, Alexander Hill, James Price Johnson, Frank Melrose	1955	Compil.
Jelly Roll Stomp / Pass The Jug	Frank Melrose	1929	Album
Piano Jazz Volume 2: Barrel House And Boogie Woogie	Jelly Roll Morton, Mary Lou Williams, Alexander Hill, James Price Johnson, Frank Melrose		Compil.
Chicago Piano	Frank Melrose, Cassino Simpson		Album

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