Marlowe Morris

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Marlowe Morris (born May 16, 1915 , New York City , † May 1978 ibid) was an American jazz pianist and organist.

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Morris was the son of a music teacher (and nephew of cornetist and band leader Thomas Morris ). He was mostly self-taught. In addition to the piano, he also played a number of other instruments (drums, ukulele , harmonica).

From 1935 he accompanied the singer June Clark for two years , after which he worked as a soloist for a few years. In the 1940s he played (interrupted from military service) with Coleman Hawkins (1940/41 in his combo), Al Sears , Scoville Toby Browne , Big Sid Catlett (among others in the short film Jammin 'the Blues from 1944 by Gjon Mili ), Tiny Grimes , Eddie South , Doc Wheeler . In the first half of the 1940s he also led his own trio at times. From 1946 he played mainly as a soloist in Harlem a . a. at Luckey's Rendezvouswhile he worked at the post office during the day. From 1949 he was again a full-time musician, switching to the Hammond organ . In 1952 he played in a quintet with Buddy Tate , Buck Clayton , Edmond Hall and Ray Barretto ; 1953 with Paul Quinichette and Freddie Green .

In the mid-1960s he had his own “Marlowe Morris Trio” (with tenor saxophonist Julian Dash ), but also began to compose and teach. He recorded under his own name and with Ben Webster , Lester Young , Big Joe Turner , Jimmy Rushing , Sister Rosetta Tharpe and others . Marlowe's album "Play the Thing" ( Columbia ) won the Grand Prix du Disque of the Hot Club de France . He plays z. B. Organ on "A Night at Count Basie's" (a club in Harlem owned by Count Basie) by Joe Williams (published 1958, Vanguard), with live recordings from 1956 including bar noises and Count Basie as MC (he does not play) , Bobby Henderson (sitting at the piano), Emmett Berry , Vic Dickenson , Aaron Bell (bass) and Bobby Donaldson (drums).

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  1. ↑ According to All Music Guide and Internet Movie Data Base , Reclam's Jazz Guide reads 1977
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SURNAME Morris, Marlowe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist and organist
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH May 1978
Place of death New York City