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Jelly Roll Morton

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Jelly Roll Morton is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Buddy Bolden and James P. Johnson. Those roots explain a lot about how Jelly Roll Morton arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, Count Basie and Wynton Kelly, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rounder Records, Cachao, Kid Ory, Albert Nicholas and Artie Shaw, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Jelly Roll Morton, reaching back through Buddy Bolden and forward to Rounder Records. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Jelly Roll MortonBuddy BoldenJames P. JohnsonRounder RecordsCachaoKid OryAlbert NicholasArtie ShawSidney BechetCharlie WattsLittle Brother Montg…Fats WallerDuke EllingtonBessie SmithCount BasieWynton KellyThelonious MonkBlind BlakeLucille Bogan

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Jelly Roll Morton connections

Jelly Roll Morton grew out of Buddy Bolden and James P. Johnson, shares an orbit with Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith and Count Basie, went on to shape Rounder Records, Cachao, Kid Ory and Albert Nicholas. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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