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Sep 28th, 7:53am
THEY SAY THAT MORTON STATED THAT HE INVENTED JAZZ, HE SAID NO SUCH THING, IT WAS ALL TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT, WHAT HE SAID WAS HE INVENTED THE FORMAL COMPOSITION OF JAZZ, MEANING THAT HE WAS FIRST TO COMPOSE JAZZ TO WRITTEN MUSIC COMPOSITIONS, WHICH HE IN FACT DID!
Jan 20th, 10:59am
Thanks! He's invented the jazz! ;)
Apr 26th, 11:12pm

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One of the very first giants of jazz, Jelly Roll Morton did himself a lot of harm posthumously by exaggerating his worth, claiming to have invented jazz in 1902...view more
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