Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (1880s – July 10, 1941) was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer.
Widely recognized as a pivotal figure in early jazz, Morton claimed, in self-promotional hyperbole, to have invented jazz outright in 1902. Morton was the first serious composer of jazz, naming and popularizing the "Spanish tinge" of exotic rhythms and penning such standards as "Wolverine Blues", "Black Bottom Stomp", and...
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Date of birth:
- Oct 20, 1890
Date of death:
- Jul 10, 1941 (age 50 years)
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Oct 20, 1890
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Jul 10, 1941
Also known as:
- Jellyroll Morton,
- Jelly-Roll Morton,
- Morton, Jelly Roll,
- Frank Morton,
- Ferdinand Joseph Morton,
- Ferd (Jelly Roll) Morton,
- Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
