“It is evidently known, beyond contradiction, that New Orleans is the cradle of jazz, and I, myself, happened to be the creator in the year 1902.”

About Jelly Roll Morton

Musician • American

Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton was a pioneering American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. He is widely recognized as a pivotal figure in early jazz, famously claiming to have invented the genre in...