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                                                                Authors note

Speed, power, accuracy, variety, lightness of touch, and  entertainment were the qualities that Morgan "Thunderclap"Jones" brought to the Queens pub Crouch End North london in the late 80's.

 I was one of the regulars where he played practically as resident pianist from 1986 up to his death in 1989? (I think). I notice that there is very little on the internet about this brilliant pianist/composer/arranger,  who was well known in "Tin Pan Alley" (Denmark Street, London) when it was the home of music production and publishing, sadly now long gone. I have therefore put together this site so that I can share recordings, articles and my own historical notes from 1986. I hope that this will bring forward material from any others particularly prior to 1986 that I can include.

As it is I have provided links to what little there is on the internet together with what recordings I have. One evening I bought a pocket recorder from Tandy's (remember them) and put it inside the piano. The quality was very good and picked up all the rattles and twangs from the clapped out piano. I was however sober enough to remember to check the pause button was off and I have made these recordings available here. They are at present not touched up or tampered with (apart from essential notes in the main theme of Tiger Rag - no prizes for spotting them) but I hope in the future to be able to do some versions filling in the notes that were missing on the pub piano! Anyone  contrubuting recordings or any other input would be welcomed.  

Roger Hayman September 2010