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  • Jelly Roll Morton
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  • Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton was a jazz piano player born in 1800-something in New Orleans As a young lad he was able to pull himself up out of his ghetto lifestyle and get work as a professional piano player, but was unable to keep himself up by his bootstraps and died destitute in Los Angeles on July 16, 1941. The free market triumphs again! Image:NOLALower9th.jpg CAUTIONLike New Orleans, this page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION.And also, like New Orleans, may always be under construction.Thank you for your patience, and children.
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Genres
  • Big Band
  • Ragtime
  • Jazz
  • Dixieland
filename
  • Morton-Tiger Rag.ogg
Name
  • Morton, Jellyroll
Reference
  • Wikipedia
  • Discogs
  • Allmusic
  • MusicBrainz
  • Lastfm
  • RateYourMusic
  • IMDb
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  • 250
Date of Death
  • 1941-07-10
Title
  • "Tiger Rag"
Description
  • Sample of Morton's introduction and performance of the piece, with its innovative moving tone cluster evoking a tiger's growl
AKA
  • J.R. Morton
Birthname
  • Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe
Date of Birth
  • 1890-10-20
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  • Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton was a jazz piano player born in 1800-something in New Orleans As a young lad he was able to pull himself up out of his ghetto lifestyle and get work as a professional piano player, but was unable to keep himself up by his bootstraps and died destitute in Los Angeles on July 16, 1941. The free market triumphs again! Image:NOLALower9th.jpg CAUTIONLike New Orleans, this page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION.And also, like New Orleans, may always be under construction.Thank you for your patience, and children.
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