Little Brother Montgomery
Videos
Eurreal Wilford "Little Brother" Montgomery was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer.
Little Brother Montgomery at the 1970 Ann Arbor Blues Festival.
Montgomery's grave at Oak Woods Cemetery
Jelly Roll Morton
Videos
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, pro
Little Brother Montgomery
…at the age of four, and by age 11 he left home for four years and played at barrelhouses (Juke Joints) in Louisiana. His main musical influence was Jelly Roll Morton, who used to visit the Montgomery household. Early in his career he performed at African-American lumber and turpentine camps in Louisiana, Arkansas…
Morton c. 1927
Morton claimed to have written "Jelly Roll Blues" in 1905.