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JELLY ROLL MORTON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
Synonyms:
Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton; Jelly Roll Morton; Morton
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Instance hypernyms:
jazz musician; jazzman (a musician who plays or composes jazz music)