A biography of Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, one of the world's most influential composers of jazz.

Traces the jazz musician's career journey from Storyville to Broadway, showing the ways in which his unique compositions reflected the problems of America's poo

Jelly's Blues vividly recounts the tumultuous life of Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941), born Ferdinand Joseph Lamonthe to a large, extended family in New Orleans.

Jelly Roll Morton grew up in New Orleans playing the piano in bars, then traveled the country as a jazz musician.