A musical biography starring Gregory Hines as this man appeared on Broadway in 1992.  
A musical biography starring Gregory Hines as this man appeared on Broadway in 1992.  Although his claim that he "invented jazz" in 1901 is a major overstatement, this pianist and composer was among the innovators of formal jazz in New Orleans.  Later, in Chicago, he became perhaps the first important jazz recording artist, and formed the band "Red Hot Peppers" in 1926. FTP, name this composer of "King Porter Stomp," "London Rag," and "Jelly Roll Blues."
A musical biography starring Gregory Hines as this man appeared on Broadway in 1992.  
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton or Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe