Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe ( né Lemott, [2] later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. [3] Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe was born on October 20, 1890 (though some sources say 1885), in New Orleans, Louisiana. The son of racially mixed Creole parents — he was a mix of African, French and.
Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton In Harlem, New York 1928 1935
Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe "Jelly Roll" Morton (September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941) Genealogy link: http://www.doctorjazz.co.uk/genealogy.html The self-proclaimed inventor of Jazz and Stomp music, Morton grew up in the right environment to absorb a variety of musical influences: New Orleans, Louisiana. Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe was born in or around New Orleans in 1885, though some have questioned that date as five years too early to be consistent with the other facts of his life, and no birth certificate has ever been found. His parents were both Creoles, among the free people of Morton was born as Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe into a Creole community in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of Downtown New Orleans in October, 1890. His parents were Edward J. Lamothe and Louise Monette (written as Lemott and Monett on his baptismal certificate). Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated.
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Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton, more popularly known as "Jelly Roll" Morton, was an influential early 20th Century composer and pianist. Jelly Roll, the son of Creole parents, E.P. La Menthe and Louise Monette, was born in Gulfport, Mississippi in 1885. His father, E.P. Morton, was a trombonist who encouraged his son's musical abilities. Morton, Jelly Roll (actually, Lamothe, Ferdinand Joseph), one of the greatest and most influential jazz composers and pianists; b. New Orleans, La., Oct. 20, 1890; d. Los Angeles, Calif., July 10, 1941. His family name Lamothe is sometimes wrongly spelled Lemott, as it was on the census of 1890. Morton's Red Hot Peppers recordings (1926-30. Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe ( né Lemott, later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent.
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The Creator of Jazz Jelly Roll Morton (birth name Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe) was one of the first jazz soloists, and many consider him to be the first great jazz composer. He was born in 1885 in New Orleans, and his grandmother raised him in a well-to-do Creole household. Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known famously by his stage name "Jelly Roll Morton", was an American jazz and ragtime pianist, bandleader, and composer. He is widely known as the first Jazz 'arranger', and for his contributions for the Red Hot Peppers and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known professionally as "Jelly Roll Morton," was born on Oct. 20, 1890, in New Orleans, La. At the age of 10, Morton learned to play the piano, and within a few years, he began to play in the "red-light district" bordellos, where he earned the nickname "Jelly Roll." In 1938, Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe, also known as Jelly Roll Morton (1885-1941), sat down at a piano in the Library of Congress to record the first oral history of jazz. Seated nearby, asking questions and operating a small portable disc recorder, sat Alan Lomax, 23-year-old assistant in charge of the Library's Archive of American Folksong.
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1890 July 10, 1941), known
Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe was an American jazz and ragtime pianist, composer, and bandleader. His professional moniker was Jelly Roll Morton, and he is widely heralded as the "first arranger" of jazz. Morton proved that a genre heavily rooted in spontaneity successfully preserved its essential attributes, even when recorded through notations. Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe "Jelly Roll" (Mouton) Morton (October 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941) Selected Compositions - Earliest Confirmed Year 1915 [Original] Jelly Roll Blues [Chicago Blues] Superior Rag 1918 Frog-I-More Rag [Froggie Moore] [Sweetheart o' Mine] 1923 Grandpa's Spells Wolverine Blues [The Wolverines] [1] Kansas City Stomp [s] The Pearls
