Artist Spotlights
Jelly Roll Morton
1890–1941. Pianist, composer, and bandleader from New Orleans whose Red Hot Peppers recordings showed that jazz could be written down and arranged without losing its swing.
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- Artist Spotlight: Jelly Roll Morton —
Jelly Roll Morton did not invent jazz, whatever he claimed — but he may have been one of its first true ambassadors, carrying original music across the country years before the first jazz record. Hear his Red Hot Peppers play “Original Jelly-Roll Blues.”