Jelly Roll Morton
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe , 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.
Morton was born into a creole of color family in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. Sources differ as to his birth date a baptismal certificate issued in 1894 lists his date of birth as October 20, 1890 Morton and his halfsisters claimed he was born on September 20, 1885. His World War I draft registration card showed September 13, 1884, but his California death certificate listed his birth as September 20, 1889. He was born to F. P. Lamothe and Louise Monette . Eulaley Haco was the godparent. Hcaud helped choose his christening name of Ferdinand. His parents lived in a commonlaw marriage and were not legally married. No birth certificate has been found to date.
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