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| Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers, Chicago, September 1926, Jelly Roll Morton is shown lecturing his very first Red Hot Peppers band. Standing left to right: Omer Simeon, Andrew Hilaire, John Lindsay, Johnny St. Cyr, Kid Ory and George Mitchell - courtesy of Ate van Delden |
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| Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1885 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, band-leader and composer. |
