Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton
One of the very first giants of jazz, Jelly Roll Morton did himself a lot of harm posthumously by exaggerating his worth, claiming to have invented jazz in 1902. Morton's accomplishments as an early innovator are so vast that he did not really need to stretch the truth.

Morton was jazz's first great composer, writing such songs as "King Porter Stomp," "Grandpa's Spells," "Wolverine Blues," "The Pearls," "Mr. Jelly Roll," "Shreveport Stomp," "Milenburg Joys," "Black Bottom Stomp," "The Chant,"...
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Jelly Roll Morton 1930-1939
1930-1939 - Jelly Roll Morton
By: Jelly Roll Morton
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Listen to Songs by Morton, Jelly Roll New Crawley Blues, She Saves Her Sweetest Smiles For Me, Lo...
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Jelly Roll Morton 1929-1930
1929-1930 - Jelly Roll Morton
By: Jelly Roll Morton
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Listen to Songs by Morton, Jelly Roll I Hate A Man Like You, Don't Tell Me Nothin Bout My Man, Sm...
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