Jelly Roll Morton: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1998

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/jelly-roll-morton/bio/

Morton is considered an important figure in the evolution of jazz. He emerged the first true arranger for a genre that usually created through improvisation.

Wolverine Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5XOjIhTMK4

Creepy Feeling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCRhdRO9EUE

Black Bottom Stomp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIerJMCK5_E

 

He died in 1941 at age 50.