Jelly Roll Morton
Also known as Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Ferdinand Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (1890–1941)
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- Best of Jelly Roll Morton
- Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton
- Jelly Roll Morton
- Jelly's last jam
- The Best of "Jelly Roll" Morton (Piano Solos Ser.)
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Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (né Lemott, later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American blues and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated. His composition "Jelly Roll Blues", published in 1915, was one of the first published jazz compositions. He also claimed to have invented the genre.
Morton also wrote "King Porter Stomp", "Wolverine Blues", "Black Bottom Stomp", and "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say", the last being a tribute to New Orleans musicians from the turn of the 20th century.
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