Jelly Roll Morton
Born: 20th October 1890, New Orleans, USA
Died: 10th July 1941, Los Angeles, USA
Nationality: American
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe 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.
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