Jelly Roll Morton (1890?-1941) began his professional life at age fourteen, playing "devil music" in a brothel. Despite his somewhat spurious claim that it was he who invented jazz,Morton's great influence on jazz, ragtime, and slide music cannot be denied. In 1938, while managing a bar in Washington, D.C., Morton was stabbed by a friend of the bar owner. Denied treatment at a near-by whites-only hospital, his treatment after he arrived at a black hospital was delayed by several hours. The attack left him with severe respiratory problems that eventually took his life three years later. His legacy was some incredible music.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8_2ISGOIjU
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