Jelly Roll Morton The Red Hot Peppers Dead Man Blues (1926)

Performed by: Jelly Roll Morton The Red Hot Peppers Full Song Title: Dead Man Blues Recorded in: 1926 Jelly Roll Morton was the first great composer and piano player of Jazz. He was a talented arranger who wrote special scores that took advantage of the threeminute limitations of the 78 rpm records. But more than all these things, he was a real character whose spirit shines brightly through history, like his diamond studded smile. As a teenager Jelly Roll Morton worked in the whorehouses of Storyville