Morris Bercov
Maurice "Morris" Bercov (also "Morrie" or "Morry", born March 21, 1904 , † September 29, 1966 in Vancouver ) was an American jazz musician ( woodwind instruments ).
Bercov played in the late 1920s with the original Wolverines around Jimmy and Dick McPartland , with whom the first recordings for Brunswick Records were made (" Sonny Boy "). During this time he also recorded with Charles Pierce , Danny Altier and His Orchestra (including Muggsy Spanier , Jess Stacy , George Wettling ) and Louis Panico and His Orchestra. In the 1930s he worked in New York City; In the 1950s he was employed as a studio musician in Los Angeles and worked on various film scores , including a. in Die Wüstenratten (1953) and Around the World in 80 Days (1956). He also worked with Frank Sinatra ( I'm Gonna Live Till I Die, or Blues in the Night , 1958) and with Louis Armstrong , in whose orchestra he appeared on Bing Crosby's radio show in 1950 . He also played in the orchestras of Red Nichols , Pete Rugolo , Alexander "Sandy" Courage and in 1958 with Maxwell Davis ( Tribute to Artie Shaw ). In the field of jazz he was involved in 14 recording sessions between 1927 and 1958.
His contemporary Tut Soper described Morrie Bercov as an "extremely bilious, sarcastic and difficult person"; musically he was influenced by Frank Teschemacher , with whom he was often confused.
Web links
- Morris Bercov at Discogs (English)
- Morris Bercov in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Ancestry.com
- ^ A b c Tut Soper's Memories of Chicago in conversation with Bert Whyatt in IAJRC Journal
- ↑ a b c Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 1, 2016)
- ^ Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 2 , ed. by Steve Sullivan, 2013, p. 210
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bercov, Morris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bercov, Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1904 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1966 |
| Place of death | Vancouver |