Jelly Roll Morton

About

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. Morton was jazz’s first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated. His composition “Jelly Roll Blues”, published in 1915, was one of the first published jazz compositions. He also claimed to have invented the genre.

Albums/Songs:

• Mr. Jelly Lord
• The Best of Jelly Roll Morton: Original Hits
• Rarities Volume 2
• The Jelly Roll Morton Centennial: His Complete Victor Recordings
• The Complete Library of Congress Recordings
• Library of Congress Recordings, Volume 1
• Volume Two
• Volume 1 (1923-1929)
• The Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax
• Volume Three
• The Pianist and Composer – Volume 1
• Transcriptions For Orchestra
• New York, Washington and the Rediscovery – Volume 3
• The King & Mister Jelly Lord
• Blues and Rags From Piano Rolls 1924/1925
• The Pearls
• The Incomparable Jelly Roll Morton (His Rarest Recordings)
• The Best of Jelly Roll Morton
• Rediscovered: Jelly Roll Morton Solos
• New Orleans Memories Plus Two
• The Immortal Jelly Roll Morton
• Blues and Stomps from Rare Piano Rolls
• New Orleans Memories
• Jelly Roll Morton Plays Jelly Roll Morton and Other Favorites
• Great Original Performances 1926-1934

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