The creator of the real jazz is Jelly Roll Morton

 Ferdinand Joseph Lemott known as a Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton in the world of jazz is exceptional figure. Jelly is a nightclub owner, entrepreneur, vigorous activist, playboy, but he would not deserve attention, if he had not played jazz for his entire life. He was proud, vain, arrogant, boastful, suspicious, and superstitious, but despite of that, he was talented. Morton argued that only he invented the "real jazz", and all imitators that were before him don’t deserve an attention.

  Ferdinand Joseph Lemott was born in the family of colored Creole P. La Manta in 1885. His interest in music he had discovered very early, partially when he started drumming with sticks on the pan still in his childhood. In his seven years his playing guitar skills allowed to consider Morton as one of the gifted guitarists in the district. He played in a small string ensemble consisting usually of bass, mandolin and guitar. Morton also tried to play other musical instruments, such as violin, percussion and the trombone. He worked in many cities, which located on the Gulf Coast.

In 1923 he moved to Chicago, there he made many recordings. These recordings become important documents as they illustrated the jazz style of the Chicago period, and in general, all original jazz. Success to Morton was brought by the compositions of Kansas City Stomp King Porter Stomp, allowing him to continue deal only with music. In 1926 Jelly Roll organized the famous orchestra «The Red Hot Peppers», in which played many famous contemporaries, including trombonist Kid Ory, clarinetist Albert Nicholas, and drummer Zatti Singleton. Morton possesses strong character which allows him to lead the Red Hot Peppers Band consisting of 10 persons. Recordings of the band went away enormous numbers. Jelly Roll Morton was a tough and demanding leader; he demanded strict compliance with written music of partners at rehearsals, but he allowed them an improvisation during the performance. From 1923 to 1939, he recorded about 175 records and a lot of commercials for the mechanical piano.

Jelly Roll Morton played in extraordinary style, combining the elements of his favorite blues, ragtime and Spanish folklore with specialties peculiar only to him. Morton’s talent abilities influenced not only on the development of early jazz, but also on jazz and swing musicians in Chicago.