He was actually Black.
He was a light-skinned French Creole.
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He was the first half white half black person to play in the creole bands of new Orleans in the early 1900s
Hesitation Blues.
"Jelly Roll Morton" (1885-1941) had the birth name Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe. Some of his recordings bear the name "Ferd Morton".
Muddy Maters Howling Wolf probably playe blues but Jelly Roll Morton plays jazz.
No, he could see until the end of his life.