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    • Jelly Roll Morton

    American ragtime and jazz musician (1890–1941)

    Jelly Roll Morton

    Morton c. 1927

    Birth nameFerdinand Joseph LaMothe
    Bornc.

    (1890-09-20)September 20, 1890[1]
    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

    DiedJuly 10, 1941(1941-07-10) (aged 50)
    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    GenresJazz, ragtime, blues,[2]Dixieland[3]
    Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger
    InstrumentPiano
    Years active1904–1941
    LabelsVictor, Gennett

    Musical artist

    Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (néLemott,[4] later Morton; c.

    September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American blues and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent.[5] Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated.[6] His composition "Jelly Roll Blues", published in 1915, was o