Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton published the first recognized jazz music, “The Jelly Roll Blues,” in 1915, and with his band Red Hot Peppers, recorded some of the most distinguished music ...

Jelly Roll Morton. With a book by George C. Wolfe and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, the show tells Morton’s story through his music. The score by Morton, adapted by Luther Henderson, who composed ...

This vivid, impressionistic portrait of legendary jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton features Tony ... Wolfe (Shuffle Along) and set to Morton’s iconic music, Jelly’s Last Jam tells a fable ...