George Morrow (musician)

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George Morrow (left) with Urbie Green performing at the Village Jazz Lounge at Disney World.

George Washington Morrow (born August 15, 1925 in Pasadena (California) , † May 26, 1992 in Orlando , Florida ) was an American jazz musician ( double bass ).

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Morrow first learned to play the violin before he switched to the cello at the age of 13 and a few years later to the double bass. He studied at the Fine Arts Conservatory in Los Angeles, did military service from 1943 to 1946 and then worked in Los Angeles as a freelance musician. During this time he played with Charlie Parker , Sonny Criss , Teddy Edwards and Hampton Hawes . He lived in San Francisco between 1948 and 1953, where he a. a. appeared in Bop City , u. a. with musicians like Dexter Gordon , Wardell Gray , Billie Holiday and Sonny Clark . The first recordings were made in 1952 with the Max Roach quintet (EP Mildama for Emarcy ); He also played in 1954 in the quintet of Eric Dolphy and Clifford Brown and in combos with Herb Geller and Harold Land . In the following years he belonged to the quintet of Clifford Brown and Max Roach, also played in the Max Roach Quartet / Quintet, with Dinah Washington , Sonny Rollins ( Worktime , 1955), Chet Baker , Sonny Stitt and with Anita O'Day / Jimmy Giuffre . In the 1960s and 1970s he worked on recordings by David Amram , Curtis Amy , Earl Anderza and Gene Russell ; In 1975 he toured Japan with Anita O'Day. In the field of jazz he was involved in 68 recording sessions between 1954 and 1989, according to Tom Lord , most recently with the Don Scaletta Trio.

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  1. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 12, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Morrow, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morrow, George Washington (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasadena, California
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 1992
Place of death Orlando , Florida