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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
Jelly Roll Morton had just as big an impact, if not bigger, on the development of modern music as Armstrong. not suggesting he wasn't influential himself but it really was Jelly Roll that got the ball rolling.
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If you're going to put Jelly Roll up there, how about Scott Joplin? He was an extremely influential figure in the shaping of 20th century music and, at least from the sound of his music, a direct influence on Jelly Roll.