Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton
(1885-1941)
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (September 20, c. 1890 – July 10, 1941), 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. Morton also wrote "King Porter Stomp", "Wolverine Blues", "Black Bottom Stomp", and "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say", the last a tribute to New Orleans musicians from the turn of the 20th century.
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20 September 1885 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
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10 July 1941 (aged 55) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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