Albums by Jelly Roll Morton
ALBUMHot JazzJelly Roll Morton
ALBUMNew Orleans Memories. Vocal & Piano SolosJelly Roll Morton
ALBUMJelly Roll Morton RaritiesJelly Roll Morton
ALBUM1938, 1940Jelly Roll Morton
ALBUMJelly-Roll Morton: Original Recordings 1926-29Jelly Roll Morton
ALBUMJazz Masters: Jelly Roll MortonJelly Roll Morton
ALBUMDead Man BluesJelly Roll Morton
ALBUMNew Orleans Joy'sJelly Roll Morton
ALBUMOh, Mister Jelly!Jelly Roll Morton
ALBUMThe Original JellyJelly Roll Morton
Artist Playlists
Jelly Roll Morton Essentials
Jazz's first arranger was also the catchiest songwriter in ragtime.
Jelly Roll Morton: Deep Cuts
His compositions merged blues with jazz.
Jelly Roll Morton: Deep Cuts
Artist Biography
Jelly Roll Morton may have been indulging in typical hyperbole when he advertised himself as the inventor of jazz, but one has to concede his role as the idiom's first important composer. A wonderful pianist who could also sing, he brilliantly distilled the polyglot influences of his native New Orleans into masterpieces of pulsating polyphony on his classic recordings of the 1920s, including "Dead Man Blues" and "Black Bottom Stomp." Morton's later career was short-circuited by ever-shifting musical trends, but his Library of Congress interviews with Alan Lomax provide a unique insight into the nearly vanished musical culture from which he had sprung.
Hometown
New Orleans, LA, United States
Genre
Jazz