Self-styled inventor of jazz, pianist, bandleader, composer, hustler, vaudeville show entertainer, rumored pimp. Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton published the first recognized jazz music ...

but their funky beats have only a passing resemblance to the sounds of jazz forebears Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton. Enter the band Tuba Skinny. On a recent weekend on Frenchmen Street ...

This vivid, impressionistic portrait of legendary jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton features Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner Billy Porter (Pose) as the Chimney Man and Tony Award winner Joaquina ...

Read more. Place our Musician of the Day widget on your website or blog. ... New Orleans pianist Jelly Roll Morton is widely considered to be jazz's first arranger. Though jazz was considered ...

On Tuesday, March 25, the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s "New Orleans ... The performance will consist of music from artists like Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Ellis Marsalis and James Black ...

A behind the scenes look at the Broadway production of Jellys Last Jam including a tribute to jazz musician and composer Jelly Roll Morton Gregory Hines and George C Wolfe who wrote the book for ...