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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon MORTON, Jelly Roll Born: Musician Jelly Roll Morton was the professional name of Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana. The words of the last verse of The "Buddy Bolden Blues" performed by Jelly Roll Morton in the 1930's reads: I thought I heard Buddy Bolden shout, Open up the window an’ let this foul air out, Open up the window an’ let the foul air out, I thought I heard him shout. See article titled Beyond Visibility by Aldo van Eyck which quotes Jelly Roll (Morton) (William MARTINSON)