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Jelly Roll Morton

New Orleans-based arranger and pianist who was the jazz idiom's first important composer.
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Jelly Roll Morton
photo credit: Duncan P. Schiedt

Jelly Roll Morton - Artist Details

Active

1920s - 1940s

Born

October 20, 1890 in New Orleans, LA

Died

July 10, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA

Genre

Jazz

Styles

Early Jazz New Orleans Jazz Dixieland Jazz Instrument Piano Jazz Keyboard

Also Known As

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe
Ferdinand Joseph Lemott
Ferdinand Joseph Lemott Morton
Ferdinand Le Menthe

Member Of

New Orleans Rhythm Kings
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