Jim Hession plays Jelly Roll Morton's "Fingerwrecker"

Ballbusting & mindblowing.... I'm surprised the piano didn't burst into flames at the end, cuz it certainly was SMOKIN'....

perfect! in my country there are so few jazz pianists, maybe i should move to New Orleans :)

I saw this and thought "they meant to say Fingerbreaker" but now I'm not sure if it is deliberately named differently. It starts like Morton's (breaker) original and has a few of Weatherburn's (breaker) licks later on, but whatever the name, it's irrelevant. Jim Hession is BREATHTAKING here, and I actually prefer this to R.W and J.R.M. anyway! Oh, for the guy wanting sheet music, I have the Morton original, but with pieces, players usually "do their own thing" after a minute or two!

This particular version I learned in 1964 directly from Ron Weatherburn, who called it FingerBuster, as listed in the discography in Alan Lomax's "Mr. Jelly Roll". Shortly afterward I had the opportunity to play this for the surviving members of Morton's Red Hot Peppers. Kid Ory and Johnny St.Cyr said that Jelly had called it, "Finger Wrecker". The title "Finger Breaker" has since appeared in books and articles. You are right-once we start playing, we make it our own!

This is why the piano was invented! Pure Joy!

Its time for me to quit piano

I want to learn this song so bad, but I can't find the sheet music for free!!! AHHHH!!!!

Can't get enough of it, it's so amazing

Just pure blissful joy, sliding down a greased bannister!

i can easily lose 40 pounds in 2 weeks if i play this piece of music (if i can play it, that is)