Pianist & composer

Jelly Roll Morton

Claimed to have invented jazz in 1902, which was an exaggeration, and was the first serious jazz composer, which was not.

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American blues and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated. His composition "Jelly Roll Blues", published in 1915, was one of the first published jazz compositions. He also claimed to have invented the genre.

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Born
1890-10-20, New Orleans, Louisiana, USAA Monday
Died
1941-07-10, Los Angeles, California, USAA Thursday, aged 50
At birth
Sun in Libra, Moon in Capricorn
Nationality
United States
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1890-10-20, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLibra27°18′Direct
MoonCapricorn21°00′Direct
MercuryLibra10°37′Direct
VenusSagittarius10°20′Direct
MarsCapricorn18°05′Direct
JupiterAquarius3°07′Direct
SaturnVirgo13°20′Direct
UranusLibra27°05′Direct
NeptuneGemini6°22′Retrograde
PlutoGemini7°34′Retrograde

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Death Chart

1941-07-10, Los Angeles, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer18°08′Direct
MoonAquarius14°02′Direct
MercuryCancer6°43′Retrograde
VenusLeo10°07′Direct
MarsAries4°51′Direct
JupiterGemini10°11′Direct
SaturnTaurus25°23′Direct
UranusTaurus29°03′Direct
NeptuneVirgo25°13′Direct
PlutoLeo3°26′Direct

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