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All Music Guide: Jelly Roll Morton

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bgxk9ikn6bb59~C

Biography, and discography with reviews.

All that Jazz: Jelly Roll Morton

http://atj.8k.com/noartist/atjmorton.html

Biography.

BBC Radio 3: Jelly Roll Morton

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/profiles/jellyroll_morton.shtml

Brief biography based on radio profile includes links, suggested books and CDs.

BluesTone: Jelly Roll Morton Rolls

http://www.bluesrolls.com/Blues.Morton.html

A thorough review of Morton music rolls.

Canehdian.com: Ferd Jelly Roll Morton

http://www.canehdian.com/non/artists/m/jellyrollmorton/biography.html

Biography with reviews, forum, recordings and other links.

Downbeat.com: Jelly Roll Morton

http://www.downbeat.com/artists/window.asp?aid=293&aname=Jelly+Roll+Morton

Biography, photo gallery, discography, and an article.

Dr. Jazz: The Life of Jelly Roll Morton

http://www.jazzitude.com/morton.htm

Detailed online Jelly Roll Morton biography with audio links.

Grave of Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe "Jelly Ro

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2691

Details and image of Jelly Roll Morton's grave.

Infoplease.com Morton, Jelly Roll

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0834137.html

Infoplease encyclopedia entry for Jelly Roll Morton

Infrogmation: Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Mor

http://www.geocities.com/infrogmation/Morton.html

Biography including picture of Morton's childhood home.

Jazzbrat.com - Jelly Roll Morton Biography

http://www.jazzbrat.com/templates/jpage.php?u_pageid=27

Jazzbrat's Jelly Roll Morton biography

Jelly Roll Morton

http://www.wright.edu/~martin.maner/morton.html

Brief primer emphasising technical aspects of Morton's music.

Jelly Roll Morton biographer Phil Pastras

http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/mainHTML.cfm?page=pastras.html

Jerryjazz interview with Morton expert Phil Pastras.

Jelly Roll Morton Songbook

http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~songbook/morton/

Yoshioka Toshiya's unfinished Morton songbook.

Library of Congress: Jelly Roll Morton - The Frog-

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri007.html

Library of Congress article on Morton's 'Frog-I-More Rag'.

Malaspina Great Books - Biography - Jelly Roll (Fe

http://www.malaspina.com/site/person_870.asp

Definition of the nickname, 'Jelly Roll'

Monrovia Sound Studio: Ferd "Jelly Roll"

http://www.doctorjazz.freeserve.co.uk/page10.html

Very thorough online biography of Jelly Roll Morton.

PBS: Jazz, a film by Ken Burns

http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_morton_jelly_roll.htm

Morton biography including NPR audio feature.

PopMatters Music Feature ; Hard Hitting Blues: Jel

http://www.popmatters.com/music/features/020628-blues2.shtml

PopMatters profile of Jelly Roll Morton

Redhotjazz.com: Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" M

http://www.redhotjazz.com/jellyroll.html

Almost all of Morton's recordings in Real Audio format.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Jelly Roll Morton

http://rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=157

Inductee profile and timeline.

Rounder.com: Jelly Roll Morton

http://www.rounder.com

Offers Jelly Roll Morton's Library Of Congress Recordings.

Southern Music Network - Jelly Roll Morton

http://www.southernmusic.net/jellybio.htm

Jelly Roll Morton biography.

Stamps on Black History: Jelly Roll Morton

http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/JellyRol.htm

Biography.

VH1: Jelly Roll Morton

http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/id_506590/artist.jhtml

Jelly Roll Morton Index, includes link to biography and dozens of audio samples.