One member of this man's band included Johnny St. Cyr, who played a six-string guitar-banjo hybrid during his time in that band.
This man supposedly pulled out a pistol when trombonist Zue Robertson refused to play one of his pieces the way he intended it. One member of this man's band included Johnny St. Cyr, who played a six-string guitar-banjo hybrid during his time in that band. Fletcher Henderson rearranged a work by this man for Benny Goodman, whose recording of that work established it as a big band jazz standard. This man's interviews with congressional folklorist (*) Alan Lomax remain an important historical source on early jazz. This bandleader of Red Hot Peppers recorded works such as "Side Walk Blues" and "Black Bottom Stomp" in an influential 1926 recording with Victor Records. For 10 points, name this influential jazz pianist and self-proclaimed creator of New Orleans Jazz.
This man supposedly pulled out a pistol when trombonist Zue Robertson refused to play one of his pieces the way he intended it.
Jelly Roll Morton [or Ferdinand LaMothe, or LaMotte, or LeMott]