Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton

American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer

New Orleans-based arranger and pianist who was the jazz idiom's first important composer.

Born	October 20, 1890
Hometown	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Parents

Louise Monette , F. P. Lamothe

Profile

Kansas Smitty’s Plunderphonia review – eclectic jazz updates

Giacomo Smith’s band takes classics by Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke and others on a spin through the 21st century