Jelly Roll Morton
Born: 20th September 1890, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died: 10th July 1941, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality: American
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. 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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Jelly Roll Morton
21st Aug 2019
Matt explores Jelly Roll Morton's recordings both as a solo pianist and with the Red Hot Peppers group.
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Duke Ellington (piano & bandleader), Ben Webster (saxophone), Jelly Roll Morton (piano), Big Bill Broonzy, Artie Shaw (clarinet), Louis Armstrong (trumpet & vocals), Django Reinhardt (guitar), Sarah Vaughan (vocals), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Bessie Smith (vocals), King Oliver, Bix Beiderbecke (cornet), Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Stan Getz (saxophone), Scott Joplin, Charlie Barnet, Count Basie (piano & bandleader), Muggsy Spanier, George Shearing (piano), Stéphane Grappelli (violin), Charlie Parker (saxophone), Tommy Dorsey (trombone), Kid Ory (trombone and bandleader), Earl Hines (piano & bandleader), Cannonball Adderley (saxophone), Teddy Wilson (piano), Woody Herman (clarinet & bandleader), Coleman Hawkins (saxophone), George Lewis (clarinet), Fats Waller (piano), Charlie Mingus, Billie Holiday (vocals), Pee Wee Russell, Memphis Slim, Sidney Bechet (saxophone & clarinet), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Jack Teagarden (trombone), Eddie Condon (guitar), Miles Dewey Davis III, Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Erroll Garner (piano), Sonny Rollins (saxophone)
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Omer Simeon: The New Orleans Clarinettist
Jelly Roll Morton (piano), Omer Simeon, Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers (group), King Oliver & his Dixie Syncopators (group), Jabbo Smith & his Rhythm Aces (group), Richard M. Jones & his Quartet (group), Reuben Reeves & his River Boys (group), Omer Simeon & his Quartet (group), Omer Simeon & his Trio (group), The Dixie Rhythm Kings (group), Earl Hines & his Quartet (group), Kid Ory & his Creole Jazz Band (group, band), Kid Ory (trombone and bandleader), James P. Johnson, Pops Foster, The Carnival Three, Wilbur De Paris & his Rampart Street Paraders (group), Wilbur De Paris & his 'New' New Orleans Jazz (group), Earl Hines Orchestra, Paul Mares & his Friars Society Orchestra, Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra, Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra, Earl Hines & his Grand Terrace Orchestra, Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra, Sy Oliver & His Orchestra
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A Career Anthology Vol. 2 1929-40
Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers, Jelly Roll Morton & His Orchestra, Jelly Roll Morton Trio, Jelly Roll Morton And His Red Hot Peppers, Jelly Roll Morton (piano), Jelly Roll Morton Peppers, Jelly Roll Morton Jazzmen, Jelly Roll Morton's Seven, The Morton Six, The Morton Seven
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A Career Anthology Vol. 1 1923-28 (3cd)
Jelly Roll Morton & His Orchestra, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Jelly Roll Morton (piano), New Orlean Rhythm Kings, Jelly Roll Morton's Jazz Band, Jelly Roll Morton's Stomps Kings, Jelly Roll Morton's Steamboat Four, Ferdinand Morton, Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton, St. Louis Levee Band, Jelly Roll Morton's Levee Serenaders
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