Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton was a New Orleans French Creole born Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe (October 20, 1890 / July 10, 1941). He was an American virtuoso pianist, bandleader, and composer of songs including “Whining Boy Blues,” “King Porter Stomp,” “The Pearls” and “The Crave, ”Alabama Bound,” “Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor,” “My Gal Sal,” and various other rags, blues, stomps, marches and stride numbers. . Morton was a highly intelligent, colorful character whose business card referred to him as the "Originator of Jazz."

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