The Virtual Reality (VR) Treatment Program at the Duke Faculty Practice offers a new human-computer interaction form of therapy for individuals with anxiety disorders due to fear of heights, elevators, thunderstorms, public speaking and flying.
Widely recognized as a pivotal figure in early jazz, Morton is perhaps most notable as jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential spirit and characteristics when notated. His composition Jelly Roll Blues was the first published jazz composition, in 1915.
Other versions have been performed by such artists as The Zombies (during live performances), Fergie, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Tony Joe White, Grover Washington, Jr., Jean Carne, Nina Simone, Faye Wong, and Diana Krall for her album of the same name.