Group · 1926–1930 · Chicago [41.88, -87.63]
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
The Red Hot Peppers was the recording band Jelly Roll Morton led from 1926 to 1930, a studio group assembled to realize his carefully plotted arrangements. Across sessions in Chicago they cut some of the most polished New Orleans-style records of the decade, alternating written ensemble passages with space for individual voices. The band is often held up as proof that early jazz could be composed as well as improvised.
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- Wikidata: Red Hot PeppersWikidata
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7304351
accessed 2026-06-04
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collaborates with → Jelly Roll Morton
collaborates with → Black Bottom Stomp
Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers recorded 'Black Bottom Stomp' in 1926, a showcase of his composer's command over early jazz. Its arranged strains and placed solo breaks demonstrate the written architecture Morton brought to the New Orleans idiom.