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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
September 20, 1890
Hometown
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Parents
Louise Monette
,
F. P. Lamothe
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Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Albums
Complete, Vol. 1-2
1980
Rarities: The Rare Band and Blues Sides
2011
Blue Blood Blues
2006
Mournful Serenade
2006
Black Bottom Stomp [Proper]
2006
Jazz Age, Vol. 5
2002
Gennett Records Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
1998
Greatest Hits
1996
Ferd "Jelly Roll" Morton
1995
Kansas City Stomp: The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1
1993
Jelly Roll Morton's Jams
1993
1928-1929
1992
Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 2: The Red Hot Peppers (Chicago)
1992
1924-1926
1991
1926-1928
1991
1923-1924 [Classics]
1991
Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 3: New York, Washington and Rediscovery
1991
1927-1928, Vol. 2
1991
Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1
1990
Blues and Stomps from Rare Piano Rolls
1989
Jelly Roll Morton 1926-1934
1985
Mr. Jelly Roll
1956
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