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Born: October 20, 1890 in New Orleans, LA
Years Active: 20 's, 30 's, 40 's
Died: July 10, 1941 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Jazz

Biography:
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 a... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
2002 Panama
1998 Gennett Records Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
1956 Incomparable Jelly Roll Morton
Red Hot Peppers Session
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Filmography:
1971 Kid Punch Miller: 'Til the Butcher Cuts Him Down
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