Who Was Jelly Roll Morton?

Jelly Roll Morton, the self-proclaimed inventor of Jazz, was certainly the music's first genius composer, one of its first great pianists, an early popularizer of the style, and one of the greatest raconteurs of the music. Pianist and scholar Terry Waldo tells you more. Learn more by visiting the Jazz Academy at http://academy.jazz.org Terry Waldo - Piano Eric Suquet - Director Bill Thomas - Director of Photography Aaron Chandler - Sound Engineer Richard Emery - Production Assistant Seton Hawkins - Producer Recorded August 13, 2013