On a personal level, Morton was âjust about the most flamboyant, colorful and exasperating personality imaginable,â according to the liner notes of a 1953 reissue, which would seem to make him of a rock and roll forebear as well. Inductee: Jelly Roll Morton (piano, vocals; born 10/20/1890, died 7/10/41) Jelly Roll Morton is a seminal figure in the birth and development of jazz in the early decades of this century. A multi-talented pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader, he has been called âone of the handful of Atlases upon whose shoulders rests the entire structure of our musicâ by jazz historian Orrin Keepnews.
exists and is an alternate of . Answer by Kt 1234. Confidence votes 105. Normally, alpha is used to represent an angle. Just like x is used to represent an unknown number or angle, alpha, theta, beta are used to represent unkown angles. 9 people found this useful.
Definition of beta. 1  1 : the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet â see alphabet table. 2  2 : beta particle. 3  3 : a measure of the risk potential of a stock or an investment portfolio expressed as a ratio of the stock's or portfolio's volatility to the volatility of the market as a whole.