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Jelly Roll Morton |
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Name: Jelly Roll Morton
| Nee: |
Ferdinand Joseph Lemott |
| Born: |
20 Oct 1890 |
| Died: |
10 Jul 1941 |
| Origin: |
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Instruments: |
Piano |
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| Jelly Roll Morton was a virtuoso pianist, a bandleader, and a composer who some call the first true composer of Jazz music.
Jelly Roll Morton was a colorful character who liked to generate publicity for himself by bragging. His business card referred to him as the 'Creator of Jazz and Swing'.
He took the name 'Morton' by Anglicizing the name of his step-father, Mouton.
He was (along with Tony Jackson) one of the best regarded pianists in the Storyville District early in the 20th century. Among other occupations, he was also at one time a pimp.
After leaving New Orleans, Jelly Roll Morton travelled widely in North America, spending several years in California before moving to Chicago in 1923, where he released the first of his commercial recordings, both as a piano soloist and with various jazz bands. |
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