Born on October 20, 1890 (some sources say 1885), in New Orleans,
Louisiana, Jelly Roll Morton cut his teeth as a pianist in his
hometown's bordellos. An early innovator in the jazz genre, he rose to
fame as the leader of Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers in the 1920s. A
series of interviews for the Library of Congress rekindled interest in
his music shortly before his death, on July 10, 1941, in Los Angeles,
California.
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Source: Biography.com
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